Comments on: Where Were All the Young People?

By: jimbeam

jimbeam — Fri, 10 Oct 2008 17:23:26 +0000

In a race as small as D9 supervisor, every vote has a measurable impact.

HST was almost the sheriff of Aspen and lost by like 7 votes.

Sure, being a Californian in terms of the Presidential election makes voting in that race inconsequential, but there’s a lot of other stuff going on that you can affect, like Prop 2 (factory farming) and Prop 8 (banning gay marriage).

By: Voting Is Like Pressing a Button on a Remote Control with No Batteries « Mission Mission

Fri, 10 Oct 2008 16:47:59 +0000

[...] Voting Is Like Pressing a Button on a Remote Control with No Batteries The other day I wrote a post questioning why very few young people attended the District 9 supervisor debate on Tuesday. A reader by the name of Concerned published a retort: [...]

By: Allan Hough

Allan Hough — Fri, 10 Oct 2008 16:35:27 +0000

Also, you just earned yourself another promotion. You’re two for two.

By: Allan Hough

Allan Hough — Fri, 10 Oct 2008 16:34:42 +0000

That occurs to me all the time, but I try to think positive.

By: Concerned

Concerned — Fri, 10 Oct 2008 08:10:10 +0000

Luchita,

Como decimos en esos lugares exóticos que tanto te interesan (igual que a todo gringo como tú), bájale dos rayas, porfis. Qué tiene de malo que un joven se vaya de su pueblito a otra ciudad que le complazca más, en su propio país? Y si vas a sacar la pendejada de PODEER (y vaya que son pésimos para la ortografía, igual que para la política) — aquí te voy a resumir lo que los escritores de este sitio no se atreven a aclararte — nos vale verga lo que digan esos farsantes, y nos reímos de sus pretenciones intelectuales y progresistas. (Cabe citar que en su pagina web hay un llamado a buscar estrategias para “retomar nuestro (sic) ciudad”.)

Also Allan,

Has it occurred to you that the odds of any young person’s vote affecting the outcome of an election are on par with the odds that the large hadron collider will suck the earth into a black hole? (“So you’re saying it could happen!”) Electoral politics are a wasteland, voting is like pressing a button on a remote control with no batteries. I can understand why some old person might devote their time to that type of symbolic gesture, but compared to other youth passtimes (having sex with other youths, sangria), it is a poor investment.

By: jimbeam

jimbeam — Thu, 09 Oct 2008 17:54:59 +0000

Just over the line into D8, too. But I did switch my vote to California from Ohio because I haven’t lived there in years.

By: Allan Hough

Allan Hough — Thu, 09 Oct 2008 14:59:30 +0000

Also, johnny0, good call. Everybody meet at Bender’s before the thing.

By: Allan Hough

Allan Hough — Thu, 09 Oct 2008 14:51:17 +0000

Hey I know, there are a hundred different groups in the neighborhood all doing interesting things, etc. That’s why I love it here. But overwhelmingly, it’s the type of transplant named in the post above that gets in touch to say, “Hey I love Mission Mission!” So I was particularly curious about those. Sorry it’s killing you.

By: luchagrande

luchagrande — Thu, 09 Oct 2008 08:09:21 +0000

c’mon you’re killing me with the get out the transplant vote. Young people born and raised in the neighborhood , as well as immigrating youth from more exotic place other then Ohio, Michigan and Pennsylvania are “doing interesting things, loving life, helping to make the Mission what it is”.

Take a look around the neighborhood at organizations and campaigns involving and mobilizing young voters and non-eligible voters alike- for instance People Organizing To Demand Environmental & Economic Rights (PODER) has had dozens of homegrown and recent immigrant kids involved in the past 5 electoral cycles.

Don’t let sidewalk stencil art fool ya… folks have been making the Mission “interesting” since way back.

By: johnny0

johnny0 — Thu, 09 Oct 2008 07:03:47 +0000

Sorry to have missed the first one, my flight was late.

Hmmm, Benders is just three blocks away from the Mission Rec Center…

http://missionmission.wordpress.com/2008/02/14/bars-in-the-mission-series-benders-bar/

By: ct

ct — Thu, 09 Oct 2008 02:48:16 +0000

I’m in D8 as well.

By: Allan Hough

Allan Hough — Thu, 09 Oct 2008 02:14:23 +0000

Jen, debates are waaay more fun toasted, for future reference.

By: whir

whir — Thu, 09 Oct 2008 00:59:57 +0000

I was also drinking and watching the presidential debates. I’m just over the line into district 8, so while I’m interested in the D9 race, I have no vote on it.

By: Jen

Jen — Thu, 09 Oct 2008 00:05:13 +0000

Yup, exactly what happened with me – not registered in CA yet because my vote carries significantly more weight in the midwest. Also, the Obama debate was at an incredibly similar time – had I not wanted to watch it so much, I probably would have shown up despite the fact that I’m not registered as a CA voter. (And as a side note, the delightful ladies at 500 Club succeeded in getting me a little toasted, so I was certainly in no position to attend yet another debate after the first was over.)

By: meave

meave — Wed, 08 Oct 2008 20:55:18 +0000

We were watching the rage-inducing presidential debate. There’s another D9 debate next Thursday 16.10 from 6 to 8 at the Mission Rec Center at 20th and Treat. The Mission Community Council is putting it on. http://www.micocosf.org