Comments on: LWV forum on the ballot propositions http://tucsoncitizen.com/community/2009/10/15/lwv-forum-on-the-ballot-propositions/ Our sense of group togetherness and "community" in Tucson Wed, 15 May 2013 02:27:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 By: ralfie1 http://tucsoncitizen.com/community/2009/10/15/lwv-forum-on-the-ballot-propositions/comment-page-1/#comment-544 ralfie1 Tue, 20 Oct 2009 16:52:40 +0000 http://tucsoncitizen.com/community/?p=117#comment-544 LOWV is liberals doing their organizing right in front of your eyes and their business behind your back

]]> By: Carolyn Classen http://tucsoncitizen.com/community/2009/10/15/lwv-forum-on-the-ballot-propositions/comment-page-1/#comment-526 Carolyn Classen Tue, 20 Oct 2009 03:34:46 +0000 http://tucsoncitizen.com/community/?p=117#comment-526 Well attended forum tonight, about 80 people in attendance.  Proponents for Prop. 200 emphasized the need for better fire and police response times,  a “proactive police dept. and not a reactive one”, and that the money for 200 would come from the General Fund.

Opponents on the other hand repeatedly said that Prop. 200 was an “unfunded mandate” that would “destroy the City to save it” and would raise property taxes.  I’ll be blogging on the Prop/ 200 Town Hall next week.  Stayed tuned.

]]> By: Carolyn Classen http://tucsoncitizen.com/community/2009/10/15/lwv-forum-on-the-ballot-propositions/comment-page-1/#comment-515 Carolyn Classen Mon, 19 Oct 2009 04:30:06 +0000 http://tucsoncitizen.com/community/?p=117#comment-515 “The League of Women Voters was founded by Carrie Chapman Catt in 1920 during the convention of the National American Woman Suffrage Association. The convention was held just six months before the 19th amendment to the U.S. Constitution was ratified, giving women the right to vote after a 72-year struggle.” Membership in the league is open to both men and women, but it is named as such due to its history with women’s suffrage.  And it is non-partisan.

]]> By: ado1 http://tucsoncitizen.com/community/2009/10/15/lwv-forum-on-the-ballot-propositions/comment-page-1/#comment-511 ado1 Mon, 19 Oct 2009 02:46:12 +0000 http://tucsoncitizen.com/community/?p=117#comment-511 Is this a sexist organization?  Why do women need a league to suggest how they should vote anymore than a man needs one?

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