[Vision2020] Not Votng anymore-Waste of Time

Tue May 16 21:38:53 PDT 2006

Joe,

 The trouble is not so much with finding good candidates,  it is with the election system. The wealthiest school district in  northern Idaho can hire a superintendent for five times the average  household income in the county, but cannot compensate an average person  in Moscow an average wage to offer suggestions to improve the system?

  Maybe NOT voting will not solve the problem, but it so far has not  improved the situation. So maybe I should try not voting for a while in  hopes that does. 

  _DJA

joekc at adelphia.net wrote:The  MCA sponsored a candidate forum featuring all four candidates and I  left feeling that any one of them would do a fine job. They all had  interesting ideas, showed a genuine concern for Moscow and its school  system, and -- most importantly -- were refreshingly frank and honest.  They seemed like interesting and nice folks to boot.

Whatever  problems the election system has, not voting is not the solution. The  solution is to run yourself or to convince a viable candidate to run,  that way our choices are increased. I applaud this year's candidates  one and all for being part of the solution and not part of the problem.

--
Joe Campbell

---- Bill London  wrote: 

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D-
Your response is misinformed and way off the mark.
The election today is a school board election.  The four candidates are competing for two volunteer positions (as in unpaid).
The  winning candidates will be forced to sit through interminable meetings,  listen to mind-numbing statistics, choose alternatives that nobody  likes, and deal with angry uninformed constituents -- all for the  chance to help a school district that really needs direction and  assistance.
My guess is that they are candidates because they care about Moscow's schools and schoolchildren.
BL
  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: Donovan Arnold 
  To: Dan Carscallen ; vision2020 at moscow.com 
  Sent: Tuesday, May 16, 2006 2:27 PM
  Subject: RE: [Vision2020] Not Votng anymore-Waste of Time

  When less than half the population votes, that is the majority not  voting. Out of 20,000 people in Moscow, less than 4,000, probably less  than 3,000 or even 2,000 will vote in this election tonight.

 I  bet you a beer, less than 5,000 votes are cast. I will bet you another  beer that the winning candidate does not give a rip, only that they won  and will do nothing serious during their term to try and get the  majority to the polls in the next election. 

  _DJA

  Dan Carscallen  wrote:
    Donovan says:

    "I think I speak with the majority when I say I am not going to vote. At
    least not in elections that offer no choice, it is a waste of my time."

    I guess I'm in the minority, because Donovan doesn't speak for me.

    planning on wasting my time,

    DC

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