stellarfun
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Re: The Boston Arch (Aquarium parking garage)
First, a lot of college kids register in their home state, not in the state where they attend school.
Second, college kids tend to have little or no interest in local politics, unless they have a dog in the [political] fight, e.g., city ordinances or policies that affect them directly. Why would some college kid from Trenton NJ going to BU give a rat's ass about towers being built along the Greenway?
Third, college kids vote in national elections, not in local contests. However, if you put a referendum or initiative on the local ballot that interests them, e.g., legalizing the operation of Amsterdam-style coffee houses in Boston, they would vote in droves. Otherwise, forget it.
Get the damn college kids to vote. How many of them could possibly support Menino? Damn Harvard and MIT for being in Cambridge, I bet every one of them would vote against Mumbles. Menino will definitely not be back in office next time around, so long as someone has the balls to really fight against him, not be radical, and rally the grow but disjointed majority that wouldn't support Hizzonah if they knew how he screwed the city.
First, a lot of college kids register in their home state, not in the state where they attend school.
Second, college kids tend to have little or no interest in local politics, unless they have a dog in the [political] fight, e.g., city ordinances or policies that affect them directly. Why would some college kid from Trenton NJ going to BU give a rat's ass about towers being built along the Greenway?
Third, college kids vote in national elections, not in local contests. However, if you put a referendum or initiative on the local ballot that interests them, e.g., legalizing the operation of Amsterdam-style coffee houses in Boston, they would vote in droves. Otherwise, forget it.