It should surprise no one if Austin and Travis County voters say " no " to local initiatives in the November ballot. The writer points out what has been my fear about voting on issues all the time, voters will be asked to vote on complicated issues which they do not even understand the meaning of the wording that is used to form a proposal.
This writer is trying to alert the voters and educate us on what the Austin City Council has put on the ballot. Proposed amendments will appear with ambiguous short line sentences designed to confuse the targeted voters. A lot of journalists try to educate us to be citizens that make good decisions but the politician are not interested in smart voters because they will not have anyone to dupe.
Local government and any other government official can increase taxes at any time they feel like doing it. This brings me back to the idea that an educated voter will bring the best out of the elected official. Also when issues that need votes arise at least the electorate will know what they are committing to.
In this article the writer goes out of their way to show how maybe voters will be voting for a medical school at the University of Texas without even wanting to know where the funds will be coming from and when they see increased taxes they will start to complain but the official will simply tell them that they voted for it.
In closing this critique, I think that since print journalism is getting phased out reporters must establish schools where voters can be educated on how to vote for issues because the arrogance of politicians clearly shows that they know that voters are right where they want them, blinded by their wits.
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