[Winona Online Democracy] Hello Linda and Others,
I can honestly say that I believe the school district's new voting precincts has nothing to do with discouraging rural residents to vote in the next school referendum. I can not prove that and I've not spoken with any of the School Board members or the Superintendent but I feel very confident in stating that. These changes are driven by federal and state mandates. If anything, it's simply weird timing that the school district will be the first to use the new system with the school referendum vote. I hope people will not hold it against the school district that it has to use the new system first. As to making voting harder for elderly voters. That is a real concern and much bigger than this proposal deals with. It's a bit ironic but these new machines are meant to make it easier for handicapped citizens to vote. Isn't the main problem with senior citizens is to get them out of their homes and transported to the voting sites? Once they are out the door and in a car, does an extra 5-10 minute drive matter much? Again, the current system was designed for the horse and buggy days. Plus, if worst comes to worst, they can vote via absentee ballot. Yes, the rural areas definately vote differently in school issues but that has nothing to do with this decision. I agree with the point that it would be nice to have more media coverage of these possible changes. If the local media picks up on the story, I hope the article will show the history and motivations behind all these changes. The local school districts, county, townships, or cities did not call for these changes. The county-wide committee that is studying these requirements and options is meeting tonight at 7:00 p.m. in the County Board room for the last time. It's an open and public meeting. Dwayne Voegeli July 27, 2005 ------ > >[Winona Online Democracy] > > >I in no way implied I felt discriminated against. I am a farmer and I >would not want to live anywhere else. As Jim stated when one lives in the >country we make sure we have what we need before coming back home from >town. I am not sure why that was even brought up because I was discussing >the school vote. >In my opinion the school district is having fewer country voting polls >open in hopes that less no votes are cast, as Phil mentioned earlier >country/farm dwellers tend to vote no on school referedums. >Anne has now stated that the county may make these polling places >permenant changes. That is too bad because I fear too many country people, >especially the elderly, will not get out to vote. >As for the supposed sewage in Pleasant Valley I would bet any tests come >back as animal waste. >I am curious as to how the sewage and water hook up costs are calculated. >I have a cousin who lives along hwy 43 and she has told me that the city >intends to charge her $12,000.00 to hook up if she choses to do so. Her >question to me was why should she have to pay for anything that goes past >her home? She is under the impression she is paying for however many feet >of utilites will run along in front of her home plus any that run to her >home. Shouldn't the developer have to pay for whatever runs in >front/along the road to these developments? Or was she given the wrong >information? I understand paying for what runs to ones home from the >main lines. >Anyone know the answer to this? > >Linda Fort > > > > > Linda, > Help me understand, I thought you lived way out in the country >intentionally. Generally that will involve a drive to receive most >services. Perhaps you should also complain about having to drive so far >to get milk and gas and to go to school or to visit a friend. Perhaps >they should all be closer to you for your convenience. Write an editorial >complaining that you are being discriminated against because you have to >drive so far to get to the Conoco gas station. Maybe they'll build one >next to you. > > Al Perry > > LindaF <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > [Winona Online Democracy] > > > I understand that the district wants to save money by having fewer >polling places but* I would like to see more places in the country >available. Sure all the 'city' voters will have easy access to a voting >place but those of us who live out here in the country will have to drive >farther than normal to vote. > > Linda Fort > _______________________________________________ > This message was posted to Winona Online Democracy > All messages must be signed by the senders actual name. > No commercial solicitations are allowed on this list. > To manage your subscription or view the message archives, please visit > http://mapnp.mnforum.org/mailman/listinfo/winona > Any problems or suggestions can be directed to > mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > If you want help on how to contact elected officials, go to the >Contact page at > http://www.winonaonlinedemocracy.org > __________________________________________________ > Do You Yahoo!? > Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around > http://mail.yahoo.com > ><!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> ><HTML><HEAD> ><META http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1"> ><META content="MSHTML 6.00.2900.2668" name=GENERATOR></HEAD> ><BODY bgColor=#ffffff> ><DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>I in no way implied I felt discriminated >against. I >am a farmer and I would not want to live anywhere else. As Jim stated when one >lives in the country we make sure we have what we need before coming back home >from town. I am not sure why that was even brought up because I was discussing >the school vote.</FONT></DIV> ><DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>In my opinion the school district is having fewer >country voting polls open in hopes that less no votes are cast, as Phil >mentioned earlier country/farm dwellers tend to vote no on school >referedums.</FONT></DIV> ><DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Anne has now stated that the county may make >these >polling places permenant changes. That is too bad because I fear too many >country people, especially the elderly, will not get out to vote. </FONT></DIV> ><DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>As for the supposed sewage in Pleasant Valley I >would bet any tests come back as animal waste.</FONT></DIV> ><DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>I am curious as to how the sewage and water >hook up >costs are calculated. I have a cousin who lives along hwy 43 >and she >has told me that the city intends to charge her $12,000.00 to hook up if she >choses to do so. Her question to me was why should she have to pay for >anything that goes past her home? She is under the impression she is >paying for >however many feet of utilites will run along in front of her home plus any >that >run to her home. Shouldn't the developer have to pay for whatever >runs in >front/along the road to these developments? Or was she given the wrong >information? I understand paying for what runs to ones home >from the >main lines.</FONT></DIV> ><DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Anyone know the answer to this?</FONT></DIV> ><DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> ><DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Linda Fort</FONT></DIV> ><DIV> </DIV> ><DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> ><BLOCKQUOTE dir=ltr >style="PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; >BORDER-LEFT: #000000 2px solid; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px"> > <DIV><BR></DIV> > <DIV> > <DIV>Linda,</DIV> > <DIV>Help me understand, I thought you lived way out in the country > intentionally. Generally that will involve a drive to receive most > services. Perhaps you should also complain about having to drive >so far > to get milk and gas and to go to school or to visit a friend. Perhaps > they should all be closer to you for your convenience. Write an > editorial complaining that you are being discriminated against because you > have to drive so far to get to the Conoco gas station. Maybe they'll > build one next to you.</DIV> > <DIV> </DIV> > <DIV>Al Perry</DIV> > <DIV><BR><B><I>LindaF <[EMAIL PROTECTED]></I></B> wrote:</DIV> > <BLOCKQUOTE class=replbq > style="PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: #1010ff 2px >solid">[Winona > Online Democracy]<BR><BR> > <META content="MSHTML 6.00.2900.2668" name=GENERATOR> > <STYLE></STYLE> > > <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>I understand that the district wants to save > money by having fewer polling places but* I would like to see more >places in > the country available. Sure all the 'city' voters will have easy > access to a voting place but those of us who live out here in the country > will have to drive farther than normal to vote.</FONT></DIV> > <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> > <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Linda > Fort</FONT></DIV>_______________________________________________<BR>This > message was posted to Winona Online Democracy<BR>All messages must be >signed > by the senders actual name.<BR>No commercial solicitations are allowed on > this list.<BR>To manage your subscription or view the message archives, > please visit<BR>http://mapnp.mnforum.org/mailman/listinfo/winona<BR>Any > problems or suggestions can be directed to > <BR>mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] <BR>If you want help on how to contact > elected officials, go to the Contact page > at<BR>http://www.winonaonlinedemocracy.org</BLOCKQUOTE></DIV> > <P>__________________________________________________<BR>Do You > Yahoo!?<BR>Tired of spam? Yahoo! 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