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A Black Man Was Elected Mayor in Rural Alabama, but the White Town Leaders Won’t Let Him Serve (capitalbnews.org)
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[–] [S] 98 points 3 years ago (8 children)

Small towns are rough man. People will run as both the dem and republican candidate in my town and you can't vote in town meetings if you aren't a property owner

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  • [–] 24 points 3 years ago (3 children)

    Small towns need to be made a bit smaller, so they stop being cesspits.

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  • [–] 12 points 3 years ago

    Oh it’s happening quite fast. My very small rural home town was already dwindling when I graduated 15 years ago. Now sports teams in the area are having to consolidate with neighboring towns and consolidating entire districts is in talks.

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  • [–] 6 points 3 years ago (1 child)

    Great idea, now how do we do that? Cities gentrify and force people into towns and rural areas. Where do these people get to live, the unincorporated wilderness?

    The only real answer I have to that question is that leftists need to move to rural areas and help slowly change its political landscape. Or you know, let the elected official govern. Still, I don't have an answer for this exact scenario. The ultimate problem is who (who have the power to do anything in that exact area) cares? We do, but we aren't there and I am out of ideas.

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  • [–] 3 points 3 years ago* (3 children)

    Where is this? Outside of HOA nonsense, I thought property ownership died as a requirement in the 1800's.

    I guess the slightly less doxx-y question is: what states still allow that crap?

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  • [–] [S] 3 points 3 years ago (2 children)

    New England

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  • [–] 3 points 3 years ago (1 child)

    I was so sure your town was doing something unconstitutional because it sounded so blatantly wrong. Found the answer and man, your state needs to sort that shit out.

    Fwiw, a few MA towns are going the other way: pushing the state to allow noncitizens to vote in TM.

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  • [–] [S] 1 point 3 years ago

    Yeah town was founded around the Civil War and I suspect that has something to do with the way it is now. Had a brief klan revival in the 80s and 90s, and, given the size, hitting way above our weight for number of people arrested for january 6

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