Some of you may be aware that Elbert County recently made history by opening its first presidential campaign office. Those of us who have been working hard on Obama’s Campaign for Change were thrilled to be part of something so exciting.

Imagine our horror, sadness and anger when this past Saturday at 12:30 a.m. we got a phone call saying that someone had vandalized our office by shattering all the windows on the front of the building, including the bedroom window of the nice person who donated the space.

Now, I live right across the street from a Douglas County deputy sheriff and our families have been friends since we moved in. When we put our campaign yard signs out, supporting the Democratic candidates running for office in our district, they put their signs out for the republican candidates. We were all thrilled to see so many people getting involved in the historic election and expressing their different views.

So when our new office was so brutally vandalized, windows shattered and sign ripped from the wall we could not believe that our fellow Elizabeth residents, our friends and neighbors, would be so ugly. No matter what your political point of view, we are your neighbors. Not Democrats, not Obama supporters, just your neighbors. How very sad we all feel.

If you disagree with what happened here, stop on by because we're still here. Tell us how you feel whether you are a Republican, Independent or Democrat. Let us know that we are still neighbors.

Sabrina Marxuach Hurst

Elizabeth