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. - --- MAP posted-by: Larry Stevens