A Scam

Something is foul in the state of Iowa. Specifically the city of Cedar Falls. I love the town. I was raised there, but let me tell you, City Hall is pulling the wool over us all. Current Mayor John Crews announced that he intends to run for his 13th term this fall. Here's my problem: no body votes and that's the way the system likes it. We all know that voter turn out is low in this country. It gets even lower during a mid term election. It reaches its all time low at a mid-mid term election. In 2010 some of you may go out and vote for a Representitive but no one is going to vote in 2009. You're still all thinking, "didn't we just have an election?" So Crews will walk away with another election by getting a dozen or two senior citizens to vote for him while rest of us stay at home and watch re-runs of "Chuck."
In 2007, Crews won the election, uncontested, with 93% of the total vote (7% going to write-ins). He recieved 2,651 votes, roughly 13% of the total populatoin of Cedar Falls. Apparently "Chuck" was so good that season, not only did no one vote, no one cared to run agasint the guy.
Fight the power.
THANKS