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Ferguson Set for First Elections in Wake of Unrest
Wall Street Journal ^
| April 6, 2015
| Ben Kesling
Posted on 04/07/2015 7:18:04 AM PDT by ConservingFreedom
Voters in Ferguson, Mo., head to the polls Tuesday for the first municipal election since a fatal police shooting last year led to weeks of unrest in the St. Louis suburb and exposed deep divisions between the citys largely white police and government and its majority-black population.
The election for half of the city councils six seats could shift the bodys racial makeup. About 67% of the citys 21,111 residents are black, according to 2013 Census estimates, but the council has just one African-American member. Fergusons mayor, who is a council member at large, is also white. [..]
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TOPICS: Culture/Society; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections; US: Missouri
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To: ConservingFreedom
get the POPCORN READY!!!
Hands Up! Cant Vote!
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posted on
04/07/2015 7:20:28 AM PDT
by
MeshugeMikey
("Never, Never, Never, Give Up," Winston Churchill ><>)
To: ConservingFreedom
Yes. Let them regulate and govern themselves. It has worked out SO well in all the instances of this everywhere.
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posted on
04/07/2015 7:21:24 AM PDT
by
Gaffer
To: ConservingFreedom
But early predictors of turnoutvoter registration and absentee ballotsarent signaling that the election will bring out large numbers of new voters, election officials said.I'm surprised the community activist in the White House didn't get the Acorn troops out to mobilize both the candidates and the voters.
This guy is moving rudderless and not even depending on his historical talents. Lost to world events and now lost to core principal events.
To: ConservingFreedom
To: ConservingFreedom
Actually its not the first.
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posted on
04/07/2015 7:22:20 AM PDT
by
cripplecreek
("For by wise guidance you can wage your war")
To: circlecity
There has been no rioting in Detroit. No ambush attacks on police officers. Businesses are opening and not fleeing.
Ferguson stands alone.
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posted on
04/07/2015 7:27:16 AM PDT
by
cripplecreek
("For by wise guidance you can wage your war")
To: cripplecreek
"There has been no rioting in Detroit. No ambush attacks on police officers. Businesses are opening and not fleeing. Ferguson stands alone."
You need to revisit history on how Detroit got into its predicament. Yes there was rioting and attacks on police. They then elected a democrat, high minority political infrastructure and went straight into the crapper.
To: ConservingFreedom
“The election for half of the city councils six seats could shift the bodys racial makeup.”
Well, I should hope so.
After all the council really should mirror the jail population.
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posted on
04/07/2015 7:37:25 AM PDT
by
Tupelo
(I feel more like Philip Nolan by the day)
To: ConservingFreedom
I see a dark future for Ferguson..................
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posted on
04/07/2015 7:39:22 AM PDT
by
Red Badger
(Man builds a ship in a bottle. God builds a universe in the palm of His hand.............)
To: Tupelo
After all the council really should mirror the jail population. ROTFL!
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posted on
04/07/2015 7:39:34 AM PDT
by
ConservingFreedom
(A government strong enough to impose your standards is strong enough to ban them.)
To: ConservingFreedom
I’ll make a super guess here: they have to be black, right?
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posted on
04/07/2015 7:40:54 AM PDT
by
max americana
(fired liberals in our company last election, and I laughed while they cried (true story))
To: circlecity
Ferguson is its own mess, Detroit is actually crawling out of its hole. If anything, Ferguson is where Detroit was 50 years ago and heading in the wrong direction. Detroit is actually heading in the right direction which is something that really can’t be said for any other major city in the country.
Ferguson is its own worst example.
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posted on
04/07/2015 7:41:15 AM PDT
by
cripplecreek
("For by wise guidance you can wage your war")
To: Gaffer
You mean animals managing other animals. What could go wrong?
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posted on
04/07/2015 7:42:04 AM PDT
by
max americana
(fired liberals in our company last election, and I laughed while they cried (true story))
To: max americana
Along those lines, but the end result is that those in control get rich and the poor flounder and die by some means. Money is the great diversity equalizer and it doesn’t discriminate. Ask Jesse, ask Sharpton ask them all (if you can find them in their Bermuda dachas.)
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posted on
04/07/2015 7:48:34 AM PDT
by
Gaffer
To: max americana
Well, it’s a chocolate city now, right?
To: cripplecreek
"If anything, Ferguson is where Detroit was 50 years ago and heading in the wrong direction."
That was my entire point. And there's no doubt in my mind that Ferguson will have to go through what Detroit went through before there is the political will to make things better. Just like Detroit did.
To: circlecity
The biggest changes in Detroit are social. Its got a long way to go but any step in the right direction is a good step.
Detroiters are even taking their guns to church. When Rosedale Park Baptist had trouble with drug dealers and car thefts, Pastor Haman Cross Jr. told his congregants from the pulpit that they should consider getting concealed-carry permits.
"I love the Lord; I'm a Christian," he says. "But like I told the congregation, let's send a message right in front. I want the word out in the community, if you steal any of our cars, I'm coming after you."
More African-Americans Support Carrying Legal Guns For Self-Defense
Part of the change in Detroit is due to the fact that the social justice instigators have largely abandoned the city since the money dried up. Its too bad they can't be physically removed and excluded from Ferguson.
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posted on
04/07/2015 8:11:33 AM PDT
by
cripplecreek
("For by wise guidance you can wage your war")
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