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Subject: Re: New Party Idea

Author:
Kris

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Date Posted: 06:24:37 11/11/04 Thu
In reply to: Jung! 's message, "New Party Idea" on 20:52:29 11/09/04 Tue

Well said. A very Republican friend, who was a Whitewater city councilman, once told me that on the local level, you HAVE to be a tax and spend liberal. The local municipalities have so little money as it is that you're a fool to want to lower taxes. It has nothing to do with personal gain (most city councils are unpaid), it's just that simple things like stop lights and pot holes have to be taken care of.

So the people who vote for local officials because of an affiliated party are only fooling themselves.

>Here's an idea while we're on the subject of political
>parties - what about doing away with them at the local
>level. Period. So any mayors, cororners,
>councilpeople, sherriff, judges ( i believe local
>judges are party affiliated in some places) would all
>just run as individuals. Because I think party
>affiliations here are misleading - lots of people vote
>for the republican sherriff because they like
>President Bush and they have no idea what the local
>candidates represent. Well, it's not very logical
>that the people in charge of putting in stoplights and
>approving zoning ordinances should tie up with people
>who make decisions about war and economy, etc. It's
>completely different. When you get to state level,
>then you run on a party ticket. Yes, revolutionary I
>know!

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Re: New Party Idea	Ian	10:40:20 11/11/04 Thu