how to stay enthusiastic post election: It is post election season, and personally… I miss the hype. Some people complained about all the political statuses, tweets, etc. during the campaign; but I loved watching my peers voice their opinions. The enthusiasm was great, from all sides and political parties. I loved the pictures, the memes, the article links, just all of it. Logging into any of my social media sites, I was sure to learn at least one new thing every day. We did a great job in Virginia, millennial voters showed up in record numbers to the polls, many of my peers were involved in campaigning or volunteering. While watching everyone get involved, the feeling of reciprocity was overwhelming, regardless of the party affiliation.Now the election has come and gone. We are either pleased with the outcome or disappointed, or maybe ambivalent. However, we can hopefully all agree that regardless of the outcome, now is the time to come together and fix the problems our nation is facing. How can we do this on a local level? We were all so excited to get the word out about our political views before election day… is it possible to keep that momentum going? Why are we all so eager to share our opinions pre-election, yet we fade back into not caring post-election? Lets change this.We now, more than ever, have the tools needed to shape our community. What tools are these? We have the names of the people in charge of running our city! We know their agendas, and we can appeal to these city officials directly now.

Lets take a look at the Richmond election results:

(Go to http://www.vote411.org/ to figure out your district according to which part of Richmond you live in)

MAYOR Reelected Dwight Jones

CITY COUNCIL 1st District – Jon Baliles and Bruce Tyler 2nd District – Charles Samuels 3rd District – Chris Hilbert4th District – Kathy Graziano 5th District – Parker Agelasto6th District – Ellen Robertson7th District – Cynthia Newbile8th District – Reva Trammell 9th District – Michelle Mosby

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what’s happening right now?Here are some upcoming local government happenings to get involved in!

WHATThe Honorable Bruce W. Tyler, Councilman, Richmond City Council, West End 1st District, will hold a meeting in the West End 1st District. The meetings are free and all West End 1st Voter District citizens are invited and encouraged to attend.

This meeting will include:• Public Safety Report on the West End 1st District• Libbie/Grove/Patterson Zoning Study• Richmond Department of Planning and Development Review• Westhampton School Site• Questions and Concerns

WHEN

Tuesday, 27 November 2012, 6:30 p.m. - 8:00 p.m. (fourth Tuesday every other month)

WHERE

Mary Munford Elementary School - Auditorium 211 Westmoreland Street (Between Cary Street and Grove Avenue in the Richmond West End 1st District)

CONTACT

For more information, please contact Marianne Pitts, at 804.646.5935; or marianne.pitts@richmondgov.com.

Come to 1509 West Main Street on November 30th! Check out the event page on our facebook page

politics is philosophy

If I bring up policy within our or another country (thanks to NPR and AFR) I will often be cut off to hear “ah I’m not interested in politics”, or “oh its boring, I cant stand it.” I understand where this idea is coming from, I’ve often felt the tedium of trying to absorb these wide often blandly pre-sented political speeches. I’m fully annoyed by the barrage of ads w’eve had this election but I enjoy the production value, almost hollywood esq. The substance is ugly but the surface is beautiful and we forget the importance of blending effective aesthetics into academia. Effective = Emotion = memory.

I think the insane budget ,the feistiness, and the human drama have made this voting turnout more plentiful than ever before, It seems to be a subconscious thing, just as animals react to drama in nature more strongly than nice little grooming shits and giggles. The attention just within my own social circle is shocking. It could also be the “culture war”(AFR) going on.

I think to bridge the MODERN peoples schism to politics there needs to be the beauty of a great shot, a great image and/or a personal connec-tion so we can better connect our lives to the ones that rule our lives. With this strong natural emotion it will hopefully ignite the connection that shows that we are all the fucking same. Politics are not just boring speeches and complicated problems. Politics are our want and motiva-tion to correct and organize the external stimuli and Infrastructure prob-lems that create negative emotions for ourselves and those around us.

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