12 NOVEMBER 2, 2017 RIDGEWOOD TIMES WWW.QNS.COM
EDITORIAL
Don’t take your vote for granted
Twelve percent.
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That’s the number of registered
Democratic voters in
Queens who bothered to show up
and cast their ballots in the September
primary in an overwhelmingly
Democratic borough. Approximately
94,077 Queens votes were cast in that
primary out of 792,819 registered
Democratic voters in Queens.
What word could possibly describe
a 12 percent turnout in an election?
Anemic comes to mind; disgraceful is
another good one.
Don’t get us wrong, voter apathy
isn’t isolated to Democrats and primaries.
Four years ago, when New
York City elected its fi rst new mayor
in a dozen years, just 24 percent of
registered voters bothered to show
up at the polls.
We suspect many Queens voters
might feel inclined to sit this election
out, given that the polls predict Mayor
Bill de Blasio will be easily re-elected.
They couldn’t be more wrong.
If we learned nothing else from last
year’s election, it’s that the only poll
number that counts is the fi nal vote tally
on Election Day. Every vote does indeed
count. It’s not decided by a university
polling operation, or how much money
a candidate spends, or a candidate’s getout
the-vote operations. Each election
is in the voters’ hands. We are the ones
who control not only our own destiny,
but that of those on the ballot.
This coming Tuesday, every registered
Queens voter should make the
eff ort to participate in their democracy.
Voting takes only a few minutes out of
your day, but what you do with that
time will have a long-lasting impact on
the future of Queens and New York City.
Use your time wisely and go vote!
RESOLVED TO NEVER
LIVE IN FEAR
A cowardly terrorist got behind
the wheel of a rental truck
on Tuesday and ran down a
number of people in Manhattan,
apparently intending to strike
fear into all of our hearts.
He failed. He failed miserably.
Our police offi cers did a wonderful
job in stopping the terrorist;
he will most likely live to be
brought to justice.
We mourn the eight people
senselessly killed by the coward,
and we pray that their families
fi nd comfort in this diffi cult time.
And yet, in spite of what transpired,
our city did what it does
best: moved forward.
The Village Halloween Parade
in Manhattan, and other celebrations
and public events across the
city, went on as planned. People
lived their lives, undeterred and
undaunted.
New York will never cower
to terrorism. We keep calm and
carry on.
