HART: His foe didn't vote

This November in Kootenai County we have some hotly contested races on the ballot. There are two candidates running as write-ins. One of the write-in candidates is Mr. Howard Griffiths who is running for the legislature. In fact, a few of the candidates from the May 2010 primary election, who lost their races, are aggressively supporting Mr. Griffiths over the winner of that primary. There is a "sour grapes" motivation at work here. And what is really strange, according to Kootenai County Election Department records, Mr. Griffiths did not even bother to vote in the 2010 primary.

In fact, according to these same records, out of the last 10 opportunities to vote since 2002, Mr. Griffiths only voted twice. In contrast the incumbent, who Mr. Griffiths is running against, has voted 10 times out of the last 10 opportunities.

Who do you suspect is going to be more passionate about the work of the legislature?

ROGER BENOIT

Spirit Lake