tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21829866.post7640098605474311215..comments2023-08-20T07:06:14.115-04:00Comments on Thurber's Thoughts: $35,000 to do budget survey and the question they should askMaggiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12677808307727487766noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21829866.post-48080579030735986582007-12-10T23:50:00.000-05:002007-12-10T23:50:00.000-05:00Being that politicians are behind the survey, I fe...Being that politicians are behind the survey, I feel pretty sure in predicting that they will get the answers that they desire.<BR/><BR/>They always do, now don't they???<BR/><BR/>A funny thing abour custom tailored questions, that. . .Hooda Thunkit (Dave Zawodny)https://www.blogger.com/profile/13176392380086227377noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21829866.post-19767575203782119032007-12-10T21:53:00.000-05:002007-12-10T21:53:00.000-05:00Maggie,I like your ideas, and ask: Why can't we ha...Maggie,<BR/><BR/>I like your ideas, and ask: Why can't we have both?<BR/><BR/>It seems that in preparing a budget, that the city comes up with a list of projects that it feels are of benefit. A survey that would allow a voter rank the 5 that they would most like to see (in order) and the 5 that they would most like to see go away would give a polling organization a pretty significant database to draw conclusions from.<BR/><BR/>Using that as a premise, your idea of exposing this to as many voters as possible might give the city a real tool to work with. At the very least, it would be a place to start.Timothy W Higginshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17118861693269565715noreply@blogger.com