http://alachuavoterguide.com/blog/2008/11/24/new-editorial-direction/ Where all politics is local... Mon, 16 Apr 2012 02:46:23 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://alachuavoterguide.com/blog/2008/11/24/new-editorial-direction/comment-page-1/#comment-1839 Alexander Kio Mon, 24 Nov 2008 16:44:00 +0000 http://alachuavoterguide.com/blog/?p=196#comment-1839 While not registered in the county of Alachua (I am a student and prefer to vote in my family's place of residence) I do think that the political discourse of the area is limited. And unfortunately usually limited to trivial topics or those that have tended to be perpetually played out for as long as I can remember (and have researched). I have tried to do what I can do by putting out a nonpartisan publication for the past two big election cycles, but usually run into time delays (working with students on an extracurricular activity) and monetary constraints which lead to problems with our overall distribution. However, I feel that our outreach tends to be too limited and often received by most as having ulterior motives. It seems that the general public thinks that politics is self-interested and dirty and that no one can be interested in pure unadulterated political dissemination. Mr. Marsh I feel your pain and do think we need to encourage a higher level of discourse and substance of policy initiatives with our public SERVANTS. I think to do this we have to get the public on our side. They need to want to understand local politics, and we need to figure out how to encourage this. Keep me up-to-date on what you are thinking, because I am interested. While not registered in the county of Alachua (I am a student and prefer to vote in my family’s place of residence) I do think that the political discourse of the area is limited. And unfortunately usually limited to trivial topics or those that have tended to be perpetually played out for as long as I can remember (and have researched). I have tried to do what I can do by putting out a nonpartisan publication for the past two big election cycles, but usually run into time delays (working with students on an extracurricular activity) and monetary constraints which lead to problems with our overall distribution. However, I feel that our outreach tends to be too limited and often received by most as having ulterior motives. It seems that the general public thinks that politics is self-interested and dirty and that no one can be interested in pure unadulterated political dissemination.
Mr. Marsh I feel your pain and do think we need to encourage a higher level of discourse and substance of policy initiatives with our public SERVANTS. I think to do this we have to get the public on our side. They need to want to understand local politics, and we need to figure out how to encourage this. Keep me up-to-date on what you are thinking, because I am interested.

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