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A very solid ninety-izve percent tr�ould recommend livin� in the Cit�� of Rose��ille to others: YES ................ NO................ .. DON'T KNOW/REI�USED . Only three percent would not do so. .... 95% .... 3% .......... ?% Agreement was higher among empty nesters, over sixty-flve year ol�s, Precincts Four. Five, Six and Seven residents and residents who feel the quality of life is eYCel�ent. Em owerment Respondents were initially asked: Other th�rn votin� dv you.feel that if}�ou wanted to, you could have a say about the way things are rzin in this communiry? A significant sixty-five percent felt they could �-iave a say, if thcy wanted, �bUUt the way things are run in this communily: YES....... ...... ........... ............. 65% NO................ ... ........ ...,.. ... 23% DON'T KNOW/REFUSED . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12o/a Only twenty-three percent disagreed with the statement. Empowerment was higher among college graduates, c�ver $50,000.00 anrnsal incame households, women and residents who feel the quality of life is excellent. It was lower among men and residents who feel the quality of life is good or oniy fair. Residents wh� felt they could not havc a say were asked a follow-up query: Why do you feel you cannot have a scry? Altnost one-half felt elected officials "do not listen:" DON'T KNOW/REFUSED . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0% DON'T LISTEN . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11% RENTER...............,..... ..................... 6% ISSUE IGNORED . . . . . . . . . , . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6% Six percent felt "renters were excluded," while an identical number also felt their "issues of concern were ignored." "Don't listen" was offered by city residents for over twenty years, forty-iive to sixty-four year 32