tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4061483.post1612823932176440666..comments2023-07-25T07:12:58.447-05:00Comments on John Deeth Blog: Iowa City to Students: Drop Dead (Part 2)Johnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09749260349116845928noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4061483.post-80299529528152381052011-11-11T00:56:37.705-06:002011-11-11T00:56:37.705-06:0015-25 districts and keeping a non-partisan electio...15-25 districts and keeping a non-partisan election both sound good to me. <br /><br />Pushing for on-cycle year elections would be the most important part though.<br /><br />Would you advocate for a popularly-elected mayor? (I would.)Jacob Ridlerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11649876532846403728noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4061483.post-1055835040387277062011-11-10T22:53:58.570-06:002011-11-10T22:53:58.570-06:00THAT's better.THAT's better.Johnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09749260349116845928noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4061483.post-62750325806389020362011-11-10T21:08:26.137-06:002011-11-10T21:08:26.137-06:00I meant Mitchell and PATEL. Where is my editor?I meant Mitchell and PATEL. Where is my editor?Tom Chttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16632293653459243423noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4061483.post-14812829976601268742011-11-10T06:32:05.009-06:002011-11-10T06:32:05.009-06:00Interesting, Carsner. Why Payne?Interesting, Carsner. Why Payne?Johnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09749260349116845928noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4061483.post-40574514511157137282011-11-09T22:08:03.522-06:002011-11-09T22:08:03.522-06:00As the Al Gore Presidency still sits on unreviewed...As the Al Gore Presidency still sits on unreviewed ballots moldering in a musty vault in Tallahassee, so does Raj Patel's City Council seat sit in 700 unreturned absentee ballots on desks, in piles of unsorted mail, in garbage cans, and other places lost envelopes end up in dorm rooms and apartments across Iowa City. <br /><br />The bullet votes for Mitchell I think were minimal--maybe 100. He did not advertise or publicize it very far.<br /><br />The real margin of defeat lies in those 700 unreturned ballots. Patel won the early vote over Payne by a good margin. You have to believe those 700 ballots would hold a significant margin for Patel--200 to 300--enough to bring victory. <br /><br />I don't defend Mitchell's bullet voting tactic, but I do think it's effect was minimal. I voted for both Mitchell and Payne. Believe me, I am not happy about feeling the "payne" for four years. Leaving votes on the table is about the toughest way to lose an election.<br /><br />Tom CarsnerTom Chttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16632293653459243423noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4061483.post-5792656863777228372011-11-09T09:36:30.047-06:002011-11-09T09:36:30.047-06:00I'm tickled you think we carry enough weight t...I'm tickled you think we carry enough weight to potentially sway a city council election, but we wrote more than twice as many stories about Patel as any other candidate, because he was a student (and because he was hosting twice as many media events as anyone else). When he was no longer a student, we cooled our coverage. I don't think that's quibbling.<br /><br />abs<b>Adam B Sullivan</b>https://www.blogger.com/profile/17599919933870310060noreply@blogger.com