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To: Texas Fossil
Fine, let them all move from Austin. Remove that stain on our state.

The reason Austin is so blue, is that the city council is elected by the entire city. The new single member districts will change the makeup for the future. All the gray hairs and hippies in west Austin vote in every election. Same with the "where is my free stuff" voters east of IH 35.

The mayor will be the only member elected "at large" in the future. Most conservative voters have stayed home in past elections, since they knew their votes meant little or nothing. Last city election had just over 10% turnout.

50 posted on 10/13/2013 10:50:07 AM PDT by Arrowhead1952 (The Second Amendment is NOT about the right to hunt. It IS a right to shoot tyrants.)
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To: Arrowhead1952

Thanks, I did not know about the at large elections.

Explains a lot of the insanity.


52 posted on 10/13/2013 1:56:00 PM PDT by Texas Fossil
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