Saturday, April 29, 2006
City Election
Ok everyone it’s prediction time. Will there be more than 6000 TOTAL (Early and Election day) votes cast in this municipal election? Give us your best estimation after factoring in all that you factor in …. And what do you factor in ? For example do you think “Anything League City” will help increase voter turn out ? Do you think endorsements turn out voters ? What motivates you to vote? A single issue? Our city economy ? Traffic problems? High Taxes? Poor use of tax dollars? All the above? None of the above? And last what are you saying with your vote ? Are you voting for that candidate or against the opponent? Just a thought or two.
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O.K. Chris...
Sorry, but 6000 in a non-mayoral year is just a bit too high... I think it will be more than 3000... maybe 4500... due to things like 'Anything League City', maybe Channel 16, (the sound is just terrible, wish they would webcast the meetings)and the LC blogsites. I truly hope I'm proven wrong on the 3000 voter turn out!!
Because I'm biased... Mr. Cones for Council seat #3, Mrs. Sanborn for Council seat #5... By the way, other than Mr. Samuelson, (who already has a seat on council)they were the only ones that sounded like they knew anything at the forum, still showing on channel 16... or, that showed up at this past Tuesdays council meeting. It all depends on which candidate can get League City Voters to actually go out and vote.
Wasn't it you Chris, that said take 5 registered to vote League City friends with you when you go to cast your ballot??? Sounds like a good idea... then maybe that 3000 maybe closer to 7500...
DG and CJM,
I believe that 3k voters is about all you will muster. No one cares.
It is obvious that no one cares. Hardly news to most of us. But I wonder why Joe Blow had to put his comments in the context of "all you will muster"?
Did he forget he is a citizen too? He is as responsible for our civic well-being as is each of the rest of us.
It is not my civic responsibility to vote for sake of voting. I find the candidates are either woefully unqualified or not in the best interest of League City.
Actually I would say it is your responsibility to vote for the sake of voting. By choosing not to participate in the democratic process, you have effectively handed over your own self interests and those of the community to the few who do vote. Beats me why that has any appeal.
Thank you LC Texan for replying to 'busted'... I didn't know how to answer that kind of apathy.
I don't think it is true for LC Council positions #3 or #5, but frequently we voters need to vote for the lesser of two ??? (didn't want to say evils).
DG - I don't have a clue who "mygiveadamnisbusted" is, nor do I really care. And it's not just the apathy, but also the arrogance that stuns me. How in the world did so many people come to have such distrust in and contempt for our political system? And more to the point, how will the system ever improve by voters failing in their civic responsibilities?
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