Voter's Choice

I am leaving for work early so I can go and vote. Do I vote for the man who is accused of raising taxes and giving himself a $65,000 pay raise or do I vote for the man accused of raising taxes and borrowing too much money? I would like a third choice. I want a man who does not raise taxes, can balance the budget and not borrow money. Does he exist? According to the commercials, everyone is doing everything wrong. Who do I believe? I know my property taxes have gone down in the past few years. Was that due in part to a grievance and in part to not having a tax hike? I would have to take a year off and run the county's numbers to get that answer. Maybe. When I hear the commercials on television, all I can think of was the days when we were voting for class president of the sixth grade. I was promised no homework and soda in the water fountains. Those promises never came true either.