Pubdate: Mon, 26 Aug 2002
Source: Log Cabin Democrat (AR)
Copyright: 2002 The Log Cabin Democrat
Contact:  http://thecabin.net/
Details: http://www.mapinc.org/media/548
Author: Daniel C. West

REMEMBER HOW OFFICIALS VOTE

I recently found a piece of software that some readers may find helpful at 
election time. It's called Note Wonder and can be downloaded from 
www.forty.com. It's like a giant note pad that is searchable by any word in 
the note.

How is this helpful at election time? Simple. You read in the Log Cabin who 
on the school board voted against a proposed policy that the majority of 
the parents in the district support, or who on the city council voted with 
a developer at the expense of most of the residents of Conway, and type a 
note. For instance you would write, "School drug testing policy -- voted 
against: Carolyn Lewis, Lena Hancock and Terry Fiddler."

If you're like me, when it's time to vote you won't remember how each 
member voted, so you just search "school drug testing" and up pops your own 
personal voting guide. I feel sure that if our elected officials know that 
election results will be based on their voting record rather than on ads 
with their family portraits or thousands of yard signs, they will vote with 
the electorate rather than against them.
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MAP posted-by: Larry Stevens