[TMC]

I read that the college students make up for the majority of voters there. The locals get out voted. I don't know if this is true, or just an excuse.

[angry elephant]

I read that the college students make up for the majority of voters there. The locals get out voted. I don't know if this is true, or just an excuse.

It might be true if it's like Seattle. In Seattle, the University of Washington students, 30,000, and the young people who rent downtown, make up a large part of the Seattle core voting bloc. The business owners generally live outside the city, in the suburbs, so therefore non-property owners are basically deciding Seattle City policy. There is just something wrong with those who pay no taxes or no taxes controlling the city.

Then the city government wonders why they lose businesses. They need to look to themselves and who elected them and for what purpose. They sure weren't elected by people who know how to keep the economy running, or even want it to run.

[Deb]

Oh, come on. These people elected Barbara Lee, Jerry Brown and Ron Dellums. Anyone who lives in or owns a business in Berkley does so knowing exactly what the communiy sentiment is and I'm positive they all supported the boycotts of the Boy Scouts and various Southern states flying Confederate flags.

[GuillermoX]

I'd bet those "kids" are voting via absentee ballot in their hometown elections too.