RE: Topless issue in Moscow, few words more

["Dale Courtney" <dmcourtn@moscow.com>]

Debbie Gray wrote:

> 2) Also, I'd be interested to see what the voter registration 
> in Moscow/Latah County is by age of citizen. 

9.5% of Latah county residents are 65 and older. 

See: http://quickfacts.census.gov/qfd/states/16/16057.html

That doesn't equal voter registration; but voter registration doesn't
mean that people vote, either. It's probably close (and, typically,
seniors vote at a higher rate than others). 

> Just from 
> previous trips to the polls (you know, where you VOTE--for 
> those who are having to now REGISTER so they can voice their 
> opinion on this hugely important issue while ignoring all 
> previous elections and issues... but I digress) I have 
> observed it's very heavily populated with senior citizens 
> (whether as voter volunteers or just voters. I was kind of 
> worried about the last school vote because I saw so many 
> senior citizens and wrongly assumed they would be voting 
> against the bond because they didn't want to pay higher 
> taxes. 

Hmmm. I wonder why that would be? Let's see -- senior citizens are
typically on a fixed budget; raising taxes means taking money out of
their mouths. It's a classical redistribution of wealth -- but for
seniors it's from those who don't have...

Dale