{"id":8522,"date":"2014-10-15T14:38:37","date_gmt":"2014-10-15T18:38:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.newspapers-online.com\/auroran\/?p=8522"},"modified":"2014-10-15T14:38:37","modified_gmt":"2014-10-15T18:38:37","slug":"dont-shield-your-kids-from-the-election-process","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newspapers-online.com\/auroran\/dont-shield-your-kids-from-the-election-process\/","title":{"rendered":"Don\u2019t shield your kids from the election process"},"content":{"rendered":"

(Re: Sign pollution shouldn\u2019t be around schools. October 2, 2014)
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\nYes, election signs are an eyesore but, they do attract attention – including the attention of kids.
\nParents, please view election signs as a great opportunity to educate our children about Canadians\u2019 right to vote. More than half the world\u2019s population are willing to literally die to vote (dare I mention the student lead demonstrations recently in Hong Kong?) while we who enjoy the privilege often fail to exercise our vote.
\nAre you aware that less than half of Aurora\u2019s citizens voted municipally four years ago?
\nPlease, parents, do not shield your kids from election signs, especially on tax-funded school and park properties. Use it to help them understand our democratic process. Take the kids to the polling station, and into the polling booth to watch as you vote.
\nAnd don\u2019t forget you have the right to vote for only those who best represent your ideal Council. This means you do not have to vote for seven Councillors and one Mayor. If only one or two council candidates capture your ideals then only vote for them.
\nSpoiling your ballot to register displeasure with the candidates is also a voter\u2019s right. Wouldn\u2019t the world be a better place if more people exercised their vote?
\nIn my humble opinion we\u2019d probably experience more transparent and fair governance than we have these past four years in Aurora.
\n
\nSusan Morton Leonard
\nAurora
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(Re: Sign pollution shouldn\u2019t be around schools. October 2, 2014) Yes, election signs are an eyesore but, they do attract attention – including the attention of kids. Parents, please view election signs as a great opportunity to educate our children about Canadians\u2019 right to vote. More than half the world\u2019s population are willing to literally […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[30],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-8522","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-letters-opinion"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p3D2k4-2ds","publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-08-02 05:54:43","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newspapers-online.com\/auroran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8522","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newspapers-online.com\/auroran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newspapers-online.com\/auroran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newspapers-online.com\/auroran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newspapers-online.com\/auroran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8522"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newspapers-online.com\/auroran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8522\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newspapers-online.com\/auroran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8522"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newspapers-online.com\/auroran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8522"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newspapers-online.com\/auroran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8522"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}