--- Erik Riese <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> In the inner core where government's impact is
> probably most
> heavily felt the turnout was the lowest. In Wards 3,
> 5, and 6 barely
> 3,000 folks voted! What is up with this?
>
> We, the opinion leaders of the city must take
> responsibility for this
> failure.
ML:
It looks like you've answered your own question.
Those with access to information tend to vote as they
more fully understand the consequences of the
decisions of decision makers. The barriers to
information have been discussed ad nauseum on this
list and range from access to a quality public
education to access to the very medium we are using to
share ideas in this forum.
Therefore, as Erik suggests, the arm-chair savants
among us must fill the gap and provide access to
information and the tools necessary to digest it. The
hard work that needs to happen to remedy this problem
goes by the name of organizing. In the core city we
feel the consequences of our decision makers'
decisions on a daily basis. When we more fully
understand these consequences and how they came to be
we will finally take control of our neighborhoods and
together, turn them around for good. Nobody will do
it for us.
So, knowing that a better Midtown Phillips means a
better Kenwood and a more livable Minneapolis means a
more livable region and state let's increase access to
information and let the power chips fall where they
may. I'm willing to bet the newly empowered
underprivileged win in that election which means we
all win.
Isn't that just so meta-narrative? ;)
We have less than a year to wait before we get to play
the election game once again. As I've heard it said:
Let's continue to do the hard work that democracy
requires.
Matty Lang,
Central
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