Care for constituents

When I first moved to Little Rock decades ago, I didn’t realize that Arkansas had some esteemed leaders in

Washington. Men like David Pryor, later his son Mark Pryor, Dale Bumpers, and others who were highly respected in the U.S. Senate as being people of high principles. On the state level was a relative newcomer named Bill Clinton. These public servants were all voted in time and time again. All of these leaders had been elected because of their concerns and actions for their constituents’ well-being, which showed through loud and clear.

We are now faced with an election. One of our current senators is up for reelection with no Democrat running against him. In my eyes, this senator more appropriately fills the role of sycophant to our current president and is more interested in his own self-interest over the interests of the constituents back home.

Admittedly, I know very little about the Libertarian Party. I’m sure that if I researched it I would find both things I like and dislike about that party. In the same way the Democrats are labeled as socialists, a characteristic which I have observed for years to be totally false, the Libertarians probably have similar labels applied to them.

I believe that our country is on a wrong and potentially dangerous path. This has led me to the conclusion that rather than throw away my vote for our current senator, I will vote for his opponent, Ricky Harrington. I’m doing so to send a message that our current senator is not fit for the job he was elected to. I feel Ricky could probably do a better job looking after the interest of Arkansans than our current occupant of that esteemed office.

JOHN EICHLER

Little Rock