Monthly Archives: November 2004

MICRO POLITICS: The 2004 Presidential Vote in Small-Town America

November 29, 2004 – 11:24 am

ROBERT LANG: In 2004, the Bush campaign painted the town red—Republican red. The president swept the vote in the nation’s small towns and cities, which the U.S. Census Bureau now officially labels as “micropolitan areas” (or Micros). Bush’s micropolitan voting edge in Ohio exceeded his winning margin in the state by over 18,000 ballots. The [...]

By Robert Lang | Posted in Commentary | Comments (0)

FAST CHANGING SALT LAKE VALLEY — cultivating merlot in a red zone

November 15, 2004 – 8:08 am

CURT JOHNSON: Salt Lake City — Here this week to participate in a meeting of the national Alliance for Regional Stewardship (ARS), I find a region reveling in dramatic change. The political map colors Salt Lake City “red”, but enough urban values usually seen as “blue” show up too. That blend colors this place a [...]

By Curtis Johnson | Posted in Smart Growth | Comments (0)

BALLOT-BOX ZONING SPREADS TO THE “RED COUNTIES” OF CALIFORNIA

November 3, 2004 – 8:53 pm

BILL FULTON: California — that big blue state — is also the epicenter of a peculiar form of direct democracy: ballot-box zoning. With the constitution assuring easy access to the ballot, environmentalists, disgruntled citizens, and developers alike swamp the ballot, seeking the end-run around local elected officials. Now, the ballot-box zoning idea may be crossing [...]

By Bill Fulton | Posted in News | Comments (2)