Flag Wavers Should Also Vote in Elections

Since the tragic events of Sept. 11, many Americans have been waving flags from their cars and homes to illustrate their unity and patriotism. The show of patriotism has been tremendous, but exactly how many of these flag wavers do anything more than buy a cheap plastic flag?

All of the talk about unity and patriotism should be deemed superficial. One only need look at the disgustingly low 16% turnout of registered voters for the Los Angeles 4th District City Council special election to see this. Over 120,000 people are registered to vote in the 4th District, and yet only 19,000 actually exercised their right to vote. We were two of the 19,000 people who did vote. We would be interested to know how many of the approximately 120,000 people are flag wavers and how many of those flag wavers exercised their right to vote in the special election held on Oct. 23. We feel as if we are living in a City Council district full of hypocrites, and we are anguished and angered by it.

Jennifer Grondahl

Julius Galacki

Los Angeles