Justin wrote: > Kudos to the pollsters who called it. With 70% of voters choosing not to > choose there is a clear victor for mayor and the direction of the City (no > one and none respectively). Why did voters decide not to vote? Good > question. Southwest voters seem content with the status quo but going > through the low voter turnout in other Wards is a sad commentary on the > current state of the local democracy. If the people in North are content > with the current situation then all must be well.
I think the reason voters didn't get out is simply that there was no candidate to get fired up about. Rybak and McLaughlin are cut from the same cloth. I voted McLaughlin, simply because I like to kick out bad incumbents, even if the replacement doesn't look much better. I guess most voters decided, "better the devil you know." The ones who chose to stay home must have reached the conclusion that it makes no difference. Anyhow, have a drink to Rybak, Schiff, Lilligren, Ostrow, Gordon, Hofstede, Johnson, Samuels, Goodman, Glidden, Remington, Benson, Colvin-Roy and Hodges (while you still can). Dan McGrath Longfellow http://www.shegstad.us REMINDERS: 1. Be civil! Please read the NEW RULES at http://www.e-democracy.org/rules. If you think a member is in violation, contact the list manager at [EMAIL PROTECTED] before continuing it on the list. 2. Don't feed the troll! Ignore obvious flame-bait. For state and national discussions see: http://e-democracy.org/discuss.html For external forums, see: http://e-democracy.org/mninteract ________________________________ Minneapolis Issues Forum - A Civil City-focused Civic Discussion - Mn E-Democracy Post messages to: mailto:mpls@mnforum.org Subscribe, Un-subscribe, etc. at: http://e-democracy.org/mpls
