''The problem here is that people long ago grew accustomed to receiving money and gifts in exchange for votes."
June 26, 2006
Macondo/Aracataca.
The people of Aracataca, the hometown of Gabriel Garcia Marquez, had a vote on whether to change the town's name to Macondo, the name of the town in the nobelist's "One Hundred Years of Solitude." Ninety-three percent of the votes were yes, so the measure failed.
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Well, most people evidently just didn't care enough to vote about it. That seems reasonably healthy to me.
"Despite the defeat, Sanchez said he was encouraged by the outpouring of support he received from residents"
And announced plans to run for mayor of the world.
93% voted "yes" and it failed?
The link was taking too long to come up so I'll just ask here instead - what am I missing?
That's perfect. Marquez must be tickled pink.
Jeff, the turnout was too low for it to be valid.
''The problem here is that people long ago grew accustomed to receiving money and gifts in exchange for votes."
Perfect. The perfect retirment haven for Jack Abramoff, Tom DeLay, Duke Cunningham, William Jefferson, Bob Ney and a lot of other current and former members of the U.S. Congress.
The people of Macondo love wearing Tuxedos I'm very sure for it.
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