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Originally Posted by Matty Lice
Yea, people need to actually get out and do ****. I live near Gainesville, FL. I don't live here but the name of this particular town is Williston. It's about 15-20 min outside of Gainesville. Anyway, I stopped to get gas there last week and went inside to pay. I happened to look at the newspapers while I was waiting in line. This was the front page article.
http://www.willistonpioneer.com/cont...file-unopposed
One person filed for Mayor after the old mayor retired. ONE PERSON. In addition 2 people "won" council seats. There's not even going to be an election. A dude said "I want to be mayor," and they were like "OK!"
Michael Moore keeps harping on this ****. He says over and over that people aren't even being opposed and winning elections by default. He's correct and this is an example.
On one hand, sure, but on the other, I mean, I dunno if the place to plant the flag of grassroots governing is serving on the city council of a town of 2800. Do they even get paid? It probably sounds romantic and **** but then you actually go do the job and holy crap that must be the most boring thing on the planet.
Like, start with actually forcing competitive elections in every House district (which, as we've read, Democrats are doing much better at in this cycle - this
NYT article notes that only 20 R-held districts are going unchallenged so far in 2018, versus 80 D-held districts) and state legislatures.