Comments for The Red and the Blue

Comment on Ward politics by Michael

Michael — Tue, 02 Jun 2009 17:19:02 +0000

Also another quick question. Is it fair to say that the Democratic Party uses the ward system and its leaders more so than the Republican Party?

Comment on Ward politics by Michael

Michael — Tue, 02 Jun 2009 17:16:33 +0000

Hello, this is a very informative article.

however i have a quick question. when the people vote for their divisions committeepeople, do they vote for all four or only the two from their political party?

Comment on Know your city council by Julia D.

Julia D. — Tue, 05 May 2009 13:04:20 +0000

A bill to impose a Green Fee on plastic check-out bags has just made it out of the Environment Committee and will be voted on in a few weeks. I attended the committee hearing and it was really a great experience. They hear testimony from concerned parties. This legislation would go a long way towards reducing trash and litter in the city - I think we should all support it however we can.

Comment on 21 by The Red and the Blue » Specter is now a Democrat

The Red and the Blue » Specter is now a Democrat — Tue, 28 Apr 2009 21:25:09 +0000

[...] in a Republican primary. With numbers like these, and the fact that only 21 percent of Americans identify themselves as Republicans, it was hard to see Specter making it out of a [...]

Comment on 100 Days Later by smp

smp — Tue, 28 Apr 2009 18:55:28 +0000

there are some of the great commentary on those measures in this story:

http://www.flypmedia.com/issues/28/#1/1

Comment on The politics of education (a rant against financial aid) by Yanik

Yanik — Mon, 20 Apr 2009 22:51:28 +0000

@reader

The problem isn’t filling out paperwork, it is duplicating work that is unnecessary. There is no reason to take the same information and duplicate it across multiple forms. It takes time, costs money, and causes stress.

There may be a reason to the madness, but I don’t see it. I think that the entire process needs to be streamlined and rationalized.

Comment on And the tea parties continue… by Kathy

Kathy — Mon, 20 Apr 2009 20:59:19 +0000

At a Catholic retirement facility here in your “home” state, the Tea Party protesters were very excited to attend the event, but somehow thought it was an anti-abortion rally. Not sure how the tea fits in….

Comment on The politics of education (a rant against financial aid) by reader

reader — Sat, 18 Apr 2009 00:31:38 +0000

How spoiled do you have to be to complain about filling out paperwork in order to get a free education. I would fill out every single FAFSA application that I ever have 20 times over just out of sheer gratitude, and not complain for one second.

Comment on Voting 101 by JLev

JLev — Tue, 14 Apr 2009 03:18:03 +0000

I would add, what difference does registering to vote right when one sets foot on campus (or maybe even before, if the form is mailed to students with the course listings) make on party identification? In other words, do political leanings change in the first few months of college due to exposure to (presumed) increased diversity, culture of intellectualism, personal freedom, etc? Or maybe the party affiliation would correlate less with the parents’ political preference? I don’t think either is out of the question.

That’s not to say that issue positions don’t change over time in any situation; they certainly do. But the move to college is the largest lifestyle and culture change in the shortest period of time that most people will experience.

Comment on G20 Protests - Tea Please by Kevin

Kevin — Fri, 10 Apr 2009 20:23:44 +0000

Elevenses are real? Do English people eat like Hobbits?