Hi everybody, Don't forget to vote today -- find out info on all the candidates @ http://provocitizens.net/elections
There's also a link there to the state's voter education guide on state referendum 1. There's links there too to check your voter registration and to find out where to vote. Who do I recommend? No matter where you live in the city, we're voting for a city-wide City Council seat. On that one I'm supporting Steve Turley. There was some dirt spread by former city council member Dave Knecht just in the last few days about property that Steve owns in Ironton, the part just south of the Provo city border. I talked with one of Steve's close associates last night, and he said that the story is crap -- a well respected reporter from one of the major newspapers researched it and found nothing to the story. For District 1, which is basically north-east Provo, I'm supporting Mark Sumsion. For District 3, which is both Southeast, and Southwest Provo (not counting south central), I'm supporting Midge Johnson. For District 4, which is northwest Provo, I'm supporting Howard Stone. Even though he's a write-in candidate, the support on the street is very, very strong. This ain't no hype. I'll be surprised if he doesn't win or come in a close second out of the three candidates. Why do I support these candidates? Because I believe they'll be the most fair when it comes to treating singles equally before the law. The current zoning laws discriminate against renters and the same zoning laws discriminate against unrelated singles living together. Families and extended families living together have no limits on the number of related people living in a house and no limit on parking cars in front of all their immediate neighbors houses, causing them grief. Yet more than 3 singles living together is defined as illegal and against the law. If we're all equal before God, then how come we're unequal before Provo's zoning laws? Singles and renters and Provo residents who rent out a second home that's too small for their current family are given less rights. Those opposing the candidates above try to make it complicated and they rationalize violating principles of conscience -- treating everybody equally before the law -- in order to achieve good ends. If they violate such an absolutely basic principle of conscience and of law -- treating everybody equally -- then there's no way I'll vote for them. I believe that the candidates running against the ones I recommend above do not have a totally solid foundation -- since they tolerate the inequality. Check out http://provocitizens.net/initiative/talkingpoints.html if you haven't read it recently. And vote your conscience, I hope it includes treating everybody equally. Honestly, other than the zoning laws, I don't see a lot of difference between the candidates on any other fundamental principles of conscience. Roger Brown http://provocitizens.net 356-1032 P.S. I highly recommend reading this article as part of your research before voting: http://deseretnews.com/article/1,5143,695224055,00.html * need to unsubscribe from ProvoCitizens News? Send a blank email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] and the robot will immediately unsubscribe you. P.S. Know someone that wants to receive these emails? Tell them to sign up by sending a blank email to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
