Retired S.D. teacher Grinager: Democracy suffers by using the alphabet method by both voters and our employees — The South Dakota Standard

Retired S.D. teacher Grinager: Democracy suffers by using the alphabet method by both voters and our employees — The South Dakota Standard

I’ve always appreciated the alphabet and how I can use it. Reading, writing, and speaking have definitely made my life richer. However, I think the alphabet is a weak and flawed tool to use when making political decisions.Voters actually “hire” and “fire” our elected officials. Taxpayers provide our elected officials with their salaries and sometimes with benefit packages. That puts us, the people, in the position of being the boss for elected o…