In an off-election year, “off ” being the relevant term on a cavalcade of levels, the deemphasis by voters on the crucial concept of life experience has resulted in some disturbing developments at the lower levels of government. While the effects of the current trajectory of hyper-local levels cannot be underestimated, the forthcoming detrimental influence on constituents and neighborhoods cannot be overlooked by those concerned for the status of the near future.
While New York city and Seattle elevated prominent socialists to the status of elected officials, city council races in smaller markets resulted in the unsettling settling results which included a Bangor, Maine resident and convicted felon winning the favor of voters at the expense of reasonable citizens.
According to the Associated Press, electee Angela Walker, who spent time significant time in prison for manslaughter charges as an accessory to a brutal murder, declared victory in a race to fill the vacant positions on the city council. She was officially sworn into office- no questions asked.
Assessing the mental state of radicalized voters and the consequences of their reckless choices on the ballot, the contemporary brand of politics has reached a threshold of toxicity so warped that basic morality is now a threatened species regularly ignored as the worship of political parties transcends the level of character and humanity of candidate.
Walker and her brother were found guilty in the death of Derek Rogers in 2002 after a heated confrontation turned into a drug crazed and brutal slaying of the victim which involved copious amounts of violence and ultimately ended by suffocation through bags of sand disabling the lungs. Death by sand has become a thing as Silicon has evidently become weaponized as anti-self-defense Democrats are now drafting legislation to ban Americans from accessing beaches and dunes. To claim that Rogers did not suffer is an indictment of Bangor voters who filled in the bubble next to Walker’s name.
The egregiously shocking narrative and the equally appalling results of the election are indicative of the unscrupulous and toxic political climate where felons can publicly declare that they are changed people and a crash course of a come to Jesus moment defies even the faintest hints of credibility within the confines of a robust imagination of an individual delving into identity politics.
Walker was elected from a pool of nine candidates vying for city council positions as she earned the third most votes in the race. Interestingly, she ran as an independent and apparently supports Second Amendment rights, despite her inability to legally own a firearm due to her criminal history. Unlike the majority of New England, Bangor leans politically to the right side of the political spectrum with a significant amount of residents receiving their ballots as independent voters.
While Americans welcome the idea of a second chance in life, the jury is literally still out from skeptics to determine whether or not Walker is fit for office and can avoid a “nothing can wrong here” scenario. The attempt to navigate the pressure and scrutiny of functioning efficiently as a public servant and orchestrating a balancing act suppressing her demons of the past is a tall order, but follows the agenda of the nation’s experiment with embracing the fringe.