<html><body bgcolor="#FFFFFF"><div>The whole reason they can get away with restricting 18-21 year-olds from drinking is they don't vote.<br><br>Sent from my iPhone</div><div><br>On Sep 11, 2009, at 3:16 PM, Wayne Price <<a href="mailto:bear@moscow.com">bear@moscow.com</a>> wrote:<br><br></div><div></div><blockquote type="cite"><div>I've often wondered why we have the problem with over indulgence of alcohol by the 18-21 age group, and finally came to the conclusion that the law is wrong and needs to be changed back to the way it was and legalize drinking at age 18. The way the law is now, it actually encourages over indulgence. Rather than being able to have one or two legal drinks, the 18-21 group figures, I have it, I don't want to get caught with it or I get an MIP, so hell, lets just drink it all -NOW! I grew up in up state NY when the drinking age was 18, and honestly can say we didn't have that problem. We actually stopped for a beer (ONE BEER) on the way home from high school. We didn't have to hide it, we didn't have to drink it all now. We could legally come back for one anytime we wanted. <div><br></div><div><br></div><div>And along with this, and in light of the coming elections, I've often wondered why the university students don't get off their main point of contact and VOTE! In the last city wide election, there were 5022 ballots cast, and the most any council member got was 2847 (Tom Lamar). Imagine some 11,000 students VOTING! All 6 city council members as well as the mayor could be U of I students or put into office by the U of I students, if they would get their stuff together, especially with election day registrations. And if we look at the "at-will" employees of the city, especially the Chief of Police , City Attorney,and the City Supervisor, their jobs could be on the line if that were to happen. </div><div><br></div><div>And with 11,000 votes, that would give the student voters a Sheriff (9405 votes in last election), and a Prosecuting Attorney (10, 606). So, imagine, a City Council, Mayor, Chief of Police,City Attorney, City Supervisor, Sheriff and Prosecutor, all elected by the student population.</div><div><br></div><div>Do you think that they would represent the voters who put them in office? I do, and then we would see a sea change .</div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div>Comments?</div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Times"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px;"><br></span></font></div></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><div><span>=======================================================</span><br><span> List services made available by First Step Internet, </span><br><span> serving the communities of the Palouse since 1994. </span><br><span> <a href="http://www.fsr.net">http://www.fsr.net</a> </span><br><span> <a href="mailto:Vision2020@moscow.com"><a href="mailto:Vision2020@moscow.com">mailto:Vision2020@moscow.com</a></a></span><br><span>=======================================================</span></div></blockquote></body></html>