ELECTION DAY IN THE U.S.A



Posted by Nancy Powell

Kansas City Scout Traffic Management Center Supervisor

Today is an important day for our Nation as well as our states.  Please participate in the process.  It's a responsibility we share as Americans.  The issues are complex.  The choices not always easy.  But it is worth remembering that America's sons and daughters, mothers and fathers are serving this country both here and abroad to defend the right to cast a vote for the candidate of one's choice. 

 

In one week, we will be honoring our Veteran's, past and present. We did that last week here at Scout with our USO Tribute.  Thank a veteran today, next week and in the months ahead.  Your simple acknowledgment of their service will mean more than you may ever know.  I ask this, partly because my son proudly serves in the US Army and will be redeployed back to Afghanistan in two weeks but mostly because it is the right thing to do!

 

America, the beautiful, is recovering from Hurricane Sandy's destruction on the east coast, wildfires on the west coast, and its national fabric is fraying due to a long campaign season of partisan politics.  Let's heal this divided country. 

 

During tours of KC Scout's Traffic Management Center, I remind visitors that Scout is a bi-state operation, jointly funded and managed by two Departments of Transportation (MO and KS), one urban, one primarily rural, with two very different cultures and operating philosophies.  But what is remarkable about Scout, is that our two state government agencies work together, despite their inherent differences, to solve a common problem: managing traffic congestion in the metro KC area.

Celebrate America on this Election Day!