I already heard about it quite a bit at last night's monthly BetterDonkey Happy Hour (thanks to everyone that joined in!) but I thought it should be posted here as well.

Our own amy and annemariem wrote a killer letter to the editor to the Seattle PI last week in response to the putrid article they published - "Don't Know vs. Don't Care". And, low and behold, the old PI published it!

Enjoy!

Seattle PI - It's quite easy to get educated -- and involved

We read "Don't Know vs. Don't Care" with dismay (Sept. 19). The article implied that people under 40 don't care about local politics and are disengaged from the process. We know for a fact that this attitude does not hold true for us or for many of our friends and peers.

As members of Better Donkey, a community of 20- and 30-somethings who deeply value the responsibility of and right to participate in government, we find many reasons to disagree with the contention that local politics is inaccessible or boring. In the first place, Washington's no-excuse absentee ballot policy allows us to vote on our own time -- in the privacy of our own homes, or while discussing the candidates with friends. Learning about candidates and issues just isn't hard. All the resources are there -- from voter's pamphlets to newspaper endorsements

We don't deny the glamour of presidential elections, but local elections top national in personal impact and endless controversy. Seattle's City Council, School Board and monorail board races are tight, and the outcome of all will have a tremendous impact on how our city looks and feels for the next generation at least. In our city of Strippergate, oddball candidates and ongoing transportation mayhem, there is no end to the madness -- all you have to do is open the paper any day of the week.

We invite anyone who feels left out of the process to visit BetterDonkey.org, join us at a public meeting and get involved in politics where it counts -- locally.

You ladies rock! And you're showing everyone it's super easy to get your letters to the editor published. All you have to do is have an opinion (you've got one of those, right?) and spell check.

Actually, maybe you don't even need spell check. The PI might do that for you.

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