Meet the 87th candidates- Susan Vlietstra

Susan Vlietstra — This is a young woman with very little experience in running for office or competing in the political arena, and it shows. Her campaign literature and her website mention only two issues — guns and abortion (guess which side she's on?). Somebody older and wiser needs to tell her abortion may be decided soon in the U.S. Supreme Court and no one is going to take away anyone else's guns. Meanwhile, there are a hell of a lot of other issues more pressing, though she seems not to be aware of them. What about jobs, education funding, the infrastructure, the Great Lakes, special interest money, and the list goes on. We can't afford to send a nice old guy like Frank Campbell to Lansing because he'll be taken advantage of. We can't afford to send Ms. Vlietstra because she's politically naive and thus far has reduced her legislative campaign to just two issues. Her only experience has been a brief stint as Thornapple Township Clerk. I think she would do much better to wait two years and challenge Deb Smith for county clerk if she really wants to pay her dues and gain some needed seasoning. In short, she's not ready for prime time.