Politics

Op-ed: Voters are ultimate overseers

By: Mike Conaway
San Angelo Standard Times
March 16, 2008

Members of Congress have long resigned themselves to the knowledge that the American public does not think very much of them. Sadly, that does a great disservice to most members who were elected to serve in this great institution. Most of us are honest, upstanding people who have come to Washington to work hard on behalf of our constituents back home, even the Democrats.

Unfortunately, a few individuals have enriched themselves and cheated the public. These scandals have badly shaken the public’s faith in our institutions and given them good cause for giving Congress low marks.

Full post as published by Mike Conaway's Blog on March 17, 2008 (boomark / email).