Tag: democracy
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May 4th, 2010 Primary: Go?
Started working the Library polling station at 7am, voted 7:45am (voter #21) and left about 10:15am. Got to meet Senate candidate Ken Lewis and his family. His wife’s energy was contagious – lots of positive vibes coming from her and Ken. Their teen daughter stayed to work the polls and I had an opportunity to […]
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Election 2007: Incumbents Strategy Disservice to Our Community
I’ll be wrapping my election coverage up in a series of posts, including a big thank you for all of you that “had my back”, but, before that, I just read these two items from today’s newspapers that underline why the incumbents strategy of disengagement was so corrosive – and was quite a shameful disservice […]
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Oct. 18th: Carey, CitizenWill and the 2006 Redistricting Referendum
I’m on the hot seat tomorrow as pro-referendum Orange County Commissioner Moses Carey (and legions of staffers) try to counter my pro-democracy arguments against local election redistricting 😉 Seriously, if folks walk away understanding how this redistricting actually diminishes “small d†democracy, distorts voter-power, potentially overweights rural influence and that other, better, alternatives were not […]
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Voting Fabuloso Sports Racer Style
Hey fabuloso sports racers, ZeFrank lays out the voting gig: