The LuLac Edition #4, 174, November 27th, 2019

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This week’s Write On Wednesday features a topic that has been heavily discussed. When Joh Yudichak decided to bolt the Dems in favor of the Independents, it was shocking news. The Citizens’ Voice said the good Senator should put his money where his political mouth is, quit and run as an Independent. Here are their thoughts:

YUDICHAK SHOULD RESIGN, RERUN AS INDEPENDENT

State Sen. John Yudichak of Plymouth Twp. says his switch from Democrat to independent is unique, but it actually is typical of the fecklessness and relentless self-interest that so many people lament as the baseline characteristics of career politicians.
According to Yudichak, his switch has been a slow development over several years as he has become disenchanted with his party — or in classic political parlance, as the party “moved away from me” — but that didn’t stop him from running and winning his third term as a Democrat in 2018.
Politicians often flatter themselves by believing that the public voted for them as the person rather than the party. But for three elections to the Senate and six elections to the House before that, voters knew Yudichak the man as a Democrat.
There is nothing wrong with someone declaring as an independent, of course. But the time to do that is not less than one year into a new term, with three years before the next election. The time to do that is during an election year — it’s called being honest with voters.
The only way to do that 11 months into a new term is to resign and run under the newly declared affiliation, or lack of one.