By Dr. Jeff Bird— MUNCIE, IN—I admit I didn’t truly understand much about how our County was governed.  While I hold sacred my right to vote and exercise that right regularly, I consider myself an “apolitical person.” In today’s political climate, I’m often befuddled as to why anyone would want to run for elected office and subject themselves to the relentless scrutiny and onslaught of criticism rampant in our society.  I’m old and it just doesn’t feel right to me.  Why do we have to be so “politically divided” when it feels like we all seek similar outcomes—the pursuit of…