VOTE tomorrow

[Frak]

For you Ames residents, get out an vote for City Council tomorrow! Here's your chance to make Ames a better place. It doesn't even matter if you're not registered, all you need is a photo ID and a piece of mail with your Ames address to register at the polls. Here is the Ames Trib's coverage of the elections:

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The open spots on the council are Ward 1, Ward 3 and At Large. Ward 1 is pretty much everything east of Grand Ave. Ward 3 is everything south of Lincoln Way and west of Beach (campustown through SW Ames). For those of you who want some actual progress and development in town and not a City Council bent on fighting every developer that wants to do something, I'd suggest that Ward 1 residents vote for Wacha, Ward 3 residents vote for Jeremy Davis and for the At-Large seat, vote for Orazem. I think that getting Orazem in there would do a ton of good with him, Larson and Mahayni. Getting Wacha would be a huge bonus as it would be a majority for a pro-development, progressive council. I don't have a lot of hope for Davis as I think that Doll will be re-elected.

Take a look at this Orazem profile...if this fits your beliefs, get out and vote for him! Ames Tribune > Archives > Ames Tribune > News > Candidate profile: Peter Orazem

Even if you are a student, this is 10 minutes out of your day and could greatly affect the Ames that you come back to after you graduate.

[mapnerd]

I'd like to bump this again because it is important. For those of you within listening range of 1430 KASI in Ames, Peter Orazem is going to be on at 1:30 this afternoon.

[Clone83]

I had a post here yesterday, that it appears disappeared due to the changeover.

It was about the issues, but I linked to Peter Orazem's article in the Tribune, since the discussion there in the transcripts was so good. As many know, Orazem is a professor of economics. As I posted yesterday, he someone I know and respect. I would encourage students to read what the candidates have to say - and to get out and vote!

If I could I would vote for Peter Orazem, not only because I agree with him largely on the issues - but also because my experiences at Iowa State with him as both a teacher and an adminstrator were quite positive. It also appears that he could have a very positive impact on the community on the city council, that he would be an effective leader.

[BigJCy]

Put my vote in. Hopefully we can get a new group in and at least get Ames into the "90's" way of thinking.