Anti-democracy in action.
Robert Speer, editor of the Chico News and Review, explains the Tea Party effort to minimize voter turnout in Chico city elections by holding the election while the students are out of town.
The petition drive was successful, but it was hardly grassroots. A professional signature-gathering firm did the real work. The cost: $31,100.
That's a small price to pay for control of Chico.
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