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A League of Their Own: Women Voters
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When the city of Fostoria decided to change its form of government to a charter, the Good Shepherd Home League of Voters decided to hold a forum to educate themselves on exactly what this form of government would entail. As it turned out, the forum not only educated its continuing care retirement community of 170 nursing home, assisted living, and independent living residents, but ... those in attendance from the greater community of Fostoria. Now that the two newspapers in this Ohio city have begun covering the forums and with a local radio talk show program broadcasting from the forums, the resident-run league of voters is helping to politically enlighten the city of Fostoria.
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Sixty years later, the Howard County League of Women Voters boasts 175 members countywide and works on a wide range of issues. It stays committed... to its founding vision: encouraging citizens to be involved in government and helping them understand the issues of their day.
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About 20 to 30 residents are involved in the League of Voters, which started in 2004. The group has invited proponents of issues to explain their views, mayoral candidates to speak about their political platform, and state representatives to listen to the issues important to the Good Shepherd Home. The League is taken seriously and is well attended by candidates running for such offices as city council, mayor, U.S. representative, state representative, governor, and state senator. The candidates are aware that the home has a lot of registered voters who are active in the election process, says Widman. "The residents want to hear from them, and the candidates ... realize that our residents are going to hold them accountable for what they do."
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Despite the league's shaky start, Perry shares Terry Sullivan's faith in the WPFL. "We don't expect to make a profit for three years," he told the Rocky Mountain News when his $1 million buy-in was announced. "But we feel that women's football is an idea whose time has come."
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