In a commentary on the blog site Letters from Texas Harold Cook expresses his feeling toward four particular Austin City Council members. They are Laura Morrison, Kathie Tovo, Sheryl Cole, and Bill Spelman. He is sure to make this clear in his conclusion and even provides embedded email contact links to their offices.
Cook discusses the issues that he has with the council members in a very sarcastic and comical manner. He writes from the point of view of "a typical Austin voter". His article talks about voter participation and how the four members are purposely trying to keep it low by opposing a bill to move City of Austin elections to November. Cook doesn't go into detail on how exactly the voter turnout would change for the better. He believes that more women and minorities will not vote as a result of elections staying where they are, but again doesn't go into statistics. Cook is dissatisfied with the waste of taxpayer money that went into the deliberation and ultimate denial of increasing voter turnout by the members. He discusses the bill and bashes them for using bad rationale to try and justify their decisions.
The article was good at holding my attention and making me giggle while bringing to my attention some issues I might not agree with. I wish he would have provided more stats (hard numbers or even estimates) on voter turnout. Overall I liked the article and it made me want to do research of my own on these council members and this bill.
