Monday, March 2, 2009

Less then 90 years later.....

I keep reading that the prediction for voter turn out for the election on March 3rd will be very low, even less then the previous election 4 years ago. It seems most of the people living in LA don't care who runs their city which is very sad. In fact they don't seem to even care about the fact that there is a possibility of the present mayor Villaraigosa - if re-elected- will bail on his responsibilities to the city of Los Angeles to run for Governor of Calif. next year. Why would you settle for that when you have qualified candidates such as Walter Moore?

What is even more tragic is the fact among those who will fail to exercise their right to vote in this election are women. How soon people forget that less then 90 years ago women in the US did not have the right to vote.
On Aug. 26, 1920, the 19th Amendment granted the ballot to American women.
And of the three people running for the office of city controller, two are women - Wendy Greuel and Kathleen "Suzy" Evans!
Bottom line is if you don't get out and vote things won't change. If you are a register voter and can't figure out where your polling place is you can call: 1-888-873-1000 or 1-213-978-0444 or go to: http://lavote.net/locator/

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