On The Road Again

Hey Lori, as always if you don't find the following appropriate then I will understand if you pull it, it's just for everyone's information.......

A time comes in everyone’s life that you begin to ask yourself what “it” is all about. I know this is a question that has been repeating in my mind for over 2 years now.

The state of the state is dismal. Politics, cliques, cars and scandal seem to be the way of the world and the acceptance from everyone with a defeatist attitude only serves to push all of our underachievement even further foward. “That’s just the way it is” seems to be the surrender that I hear from my partners, my neighbors and my friends across the board.

Myself and Marques Jones refuse to accept “That’s just the way it is” any longer. We refuse to just exist in this world one more day with out trying our best to effect positive change for the future. We refuse to listen or focus for one more minute about what happened yesterday because we will not allow tomorrow to just pass us by while looking back.

It is time for change. This is not a call to change any player but to change the entire game, the weak players will fall by the side. If we continue to allow politics and politicians in this state to continue the way they are, there will be no future for our children or our grandchildren. The “leadership” has not produced and we wont accept it any longer. We plan to hold them accountable. Being a Republican or Democrat in this state is like being a Blood or Crip. Neither represent the freedom of an individuals choice that this country was based on. Neither represent the check and balance that was supposed to rule our government, but both, expect a person to accept the entire party line once declaring your loyalty. It simply does not work. The time has come that a man or woman can be elected into office based on the content of their character and not the content of their campaign account.

With all that said, we may seem like idealists but we are ok with that. Both Marques and I will be hitting the streets once more in an effort to register every single human being we can to vote. We will go prison by prison and anywhere else anyone would like to see us in between. Our hope is that people will register “Decline To State” rather than register with their traditional party line. By registering “Decline To State” you keep the politicians guessing. They can not rely on you for your vote or your money because of party affiliation but instead, they must come earn it. They must approach you with their own ideas because no group has written them a script to gain your acceptance based on your affiliation. You have no affiliation other than whats good for the people. That has been forgotten and we intend to change it or die trying.

We are well aware that the problem seems to large to fix. We are well aware that it will take more than us to fix it, but, we are also well aware that EVERYONE said two guys and some sleeping bags could not get the attention of the state and we didn’t let that stop us either.

I am not here to tell you how to vote or that your party is not one you should support, but, I will ask this one question ” has it worked”?

The time has come to stop focusing on what happened in the past and asking ourselves “what are we going to do NOW, to fix it”.

Ian Pickett
Sgt. KVSP