* 49th Ward Turn-Out, One Word - PATHETIC

Last Tuesday was not a proud day for voter turn-out in the 49th ward. Many wards did much better. The 49th was barely above the City-wide average of 33%. The 49th ranked 18 out of 50 wards in terms of percent voter turn-out . This is something we need to work on. We can do better! Registration is open again. Find and register and TURN OUT two neighbors who did not vote last Tuesday. Leaving voter registration to David Fagus is not working.

TOP 20 WARDS IN TURNOUT PERCENT

Ward	REGISTERED VOTERS	BALLOTS CAST	PERCENT TURNOUT
19	35232	21549	61.16%
13	19920	11323	56.84%
14	11798	5688	48.21%
23	28934	13569	46.90%
50	24709	10583	42.83%
45	31237	13258	42.44%
11	23814	9958	41.82%
36	28336	11113	39.22%
41	37283	14351	38.49%
18	35124	13460	38.32%
46	30430	11512	37.83%
29	23239	8724	37.54%
7	32571	12140	37.27%
8	38495	14325	37.21%
4	28852	10230	35.46%
6	37791	13325	35.26%
21	40910	14414	35.23%
49	21710	7564	34.84%
3	23634	8229	34.82%
10	26725	8958	33.52%

The 'Broken Heart' Blognotes: 49th ward committeeman David Fagus is not doing what the citizens of the 49th ward elected him to do. I put in a request to David Fagus about when voter registration would re-opened and close.

Mr. Fagus could NOT answer that question.

Mr. Fagus had time to spin his dribble in a dozen different directions. His notes on replacing Stroger with Stroger were laughable. His notes on how he earns his paycheck were hysterical. His "What's good for the goose is good for the gander," comment had me rolling on the floor laughing. But that's not why we elected him. Although some may think voting is a joke, I don't.

Randall Sherman from the 'Citizens for Better Government' answered the question for us. Anyone who hasn't registered, has until March 20th to do so. It's so easy to do these day's - why doesn't the majority of the 49th ward do it?