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Brown is Right on District VotingBrown is right again. The central problem is that if Steve Brown said that the sky is blue and grass is green, you would probably call him names and attack him. This time he is dead on right on the issue of District Voting. Let's examine an unrelated past example: The Development Authority. Intially, Brown's critique of the Development Authority was stridently opposed in all respects. Now consider how Brown has single-handedly moved public opinion. Now, everyone concedes that there were disastrous problems. Old Guard devotee Harold Logsdon has been forced to concede as he did in his interview that there were "bad decisions and bad management". Again, in the initial stages no one would concede to Brown that there were any problems with the Development Authority. Brown moved public opinion. Brown's vision with respect to District Voting is similar. Impart the slightest legal sophistication and reality to the debate and you will conclude that District Voting is absolutely inevitable. The only question is the hard way or the easy way. It's called the federal Fair Voting Rights Act. I do not fear blacks or other minorities being on the county commission. I would support a conservative black and let the process work. I would prefer that Fayette County be leaders in race relations. If it is your preference to return to the good ole days of bedsheets and barbecue, please leave me behind. As to the attempt to label Brown a "RINO", I would note that if you are accurate then he indeed has good company in Fayette County politics. My taxes have gone up each and every year for the 21 years I have lived here. The budgets of my governments have gone up each and every year. Look at our own Kathy Cox, school superintendent. The state education budget has increased every year she has been in office and yet we still have a stranglehold on 50 out of 50 states in public education. Similarly, the Fayette County Republican Party is the grossest of misnomers. On the issue of district voting, Brown is correct. Have the intellectual honesty to note on your PDA to a future date and you will concede the point. Investq's blog | login to post comments |