Be informed and know who and what you are voting for

My great-grandfather William Worth Earley came over the mountain in 1884 in a covered wagon, a wife and four kids. What a blessing for my family.

I have said many times that two blessings we take for granted, No. 1 we were born in America and No. 2 we live in Wyoming and especially the Big Horn Basin.

Great planning by our senators and representatives have made this State of Wyoming and Washakie County a great conservative place to live.

We have a serious problem in that we are being invaded, not only by illegal immigrants, but by out-of-staters moving in and immediately wanting to run for public office. One senior voter feels strongly that they live in the state for at least 10 years before they can run for public office. I agree, we don’t need newcomers trying to run our state or country when they have limited knowledge about the wants and needs of all of us Wyomingites.

It is a serious responsibility to become knowledgeable of each and everyone who is running for public office. We should never vote for someone or something we really know nothing about.

We should never vote for anyone or anything until we know for sure what motivates them or the cause to make sure it is always in our benefit.

Newcomers to our area rarely ever know this until they have lived here for an extended period of time.

John L. Gerstner, Ten Sleep