Bike Denton

People are willing to do a lot for free beer.  Especially free, local, quality beer.  If voting in this local election this Saturday would get you free, local, quality beer, would you vote?  BikeDenton and  ThinkDenton think so.

Anyone who has voted in the Denton election for city council and school board can come out to Dan’s Silverleaf between 5-7pm on Saturday night for a free pint of semi-local Franconia beer (after that, pints are half-off at $2).  Bring your “I Voted” sticker.  If you early voted, we can check the roster.  If you lie, you pay $6 per pint.

So you don’t know anything about the candidates?  We have you covered.  ThinkDenton saves you the trouble of googling “city council election” and navigating through the county/city website merry-go-rounds.  No offense, city/county website folks, but if you want more people to vote, it’s got to be easy to figure out who/how/when/where.

ThinkDenton made this awesome, succinct guide.  It’s got polling dates, locations, candidates (and their respective districts), and video interviews conducted in an attic.  ThinkDenton has bacon-wrapped the spectre of local politics for you and made it simple and appealing.  Our last post included a BikeDenton candidate questionnaire which contains answers from the most contested race: District 6 between James King and Hatice Salih.  Want more bike infrastructure?  Then elect the candidates who you think will best work towards that.

We’ll see you on the Dan’s Silverleaf back porch.

So this weekend, voters will decide who the next mayor and two council persons are.  The bad news is, hardly anyone votes.  The good news is, if you do vote, your one vote can make a big difference.  Take that, national politics.  Another nice thing is that you can call, email, meet in person, and possibly have a bike ride or a beer with these candidates.  You can show up to meetings and hold them accountable.  You can usually fight for (or against) causes and actually see a change in this town.

Caveat: we didn’t get responses from Mark Burroughs, Bob Clifton, or Phil Kregel.

Without further ado, here’s the candidate questionnaire to help you decide who to vote for.  For interviews and more insight, visit the excellent ThinkDenton coverage leading up to this election.  Kevin Roden conducted video interviews with each candidate in his attic, then he asked tough questions at the Jupiter House forum.