The We Stand For Croydon Students thinks they are entitled to your money and screw the democratic process.
The following excerpts are from Granite Grok.
Cathy Peschke
"It’s rare to read a story about the recent Croydon budget adjustment that doesn’t mention how small the number of voters was, as if it was some kind of anomaly.
The final vote was 20-14. For comparison, here are the tallies for votes in recent years, at the town and district meetings, where votes were reported in the minutes: 16-8, 38-5, 20-17, 18-15, 20-12, 22-19.
I say ‘ironically’, because requiring even this watered-down version of consent would make it clear that the people calling for the special meeting do not, in fact, object to small turnouts. What they want is a turnout that is just small enough that they can use majority rule to confiscate property, where consent — approximated by the ‘super-duper majority’ contemplated here — would prohibit that. Which is to say, they don’t have a problem with small turnouts, just with what they see as the wrong turnouts."
To read this entire brilliant story by Ian Underwood, click here.
If you want lower taxes and education reform we suggest you stay home May 7.
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