Editor, Daily News:

Thank you all who are candidates for elected positions; you understand the need.

Thank you all who have or will vote; you keep democracy alive.

Please also remind your friends and neighbors to vote; this is an important local election and will likely be the only chance you have to voice concerns about some of Collier County’s leaders for some time to come.

There are some difficult choices to be made, others are easy. I made mine and am sharing them with you: Jim Coletta, Collier County commissioner, District 5; Kathy Smith, public defender; Joe Paterno, School Board, District 4; Kevin Rambosk, sheriff; and Kathy Curatolo, School Board, District 2.

It doesn’t matter whether you agree with me, but it does matter that you vote.

Bob Murray, East Naples