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Votes have been cast and whether our candidates and issues won or loss, as concerned citizens, our most important work is ahead of us — in Missouri and Washington.
Continued involvement and ongoing oversight should rule the day.
This election cycle has been anything but politics as usual. But lest we forget, the people remain in charge. We still have the final say.
So what behavior do you expect from the leaders you have hired? What progress and achievements do you expect for the areas of concern you have and the policy issues you supported?
How each of us answers these questions will dictate our level of engagement and participation in the coming years.
Unless…
Unless you feel that your job ended with your vote. Or for those who did not vote, you perceive that you have no role at all.
Unless you are comfortable sitting back and letting this great evolving democracy regress and slip into some sort of authoritarian regime where important tenets of our Constitution are ignored, marginalized or manipulated to legitimize illegitimate and personal agendas.