Embrace the changes

We awoke Wednesday morning after a long, hard battled election, some feeling wonderful about the choices made, others, not so much.

There are changes coming in a number of positions in Thermopolis and Hot Springs County, but now that its all over, we need to embrace those changes and understand that even if our candidate didn’t get in, we voted and our voice mattered.

It was exciting to see so many people step up for the primary, putting their name on the line to make our little slice of heaven a better place.

For that, we should be thankful.

It takes a lot of courage for a regular citizen to make the decision they want to give back to their community. So often we hear nothing but negative comments, but these candidates said, with their actions, that they want to chage the negative into positives for our town and county.

Let us all take a page from their book from this point forward.

If you have a concern, take it to the proper outlet, whether that be the Town Council, County Commissioners, School Board or any elected official. All of these meetings are open to the public.

Make your voice heard.