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[JorgeFabregas]

Did I miss something?  I thought you lived in Chicago?  When did you move?

June 30th
http://touamb.com/index.php/topic,3806.msg155867.html#msg155867

[pmcd9]

Ah.  I vaguely remember you having a meetup with Inev, but I thought maybe he went to Chicago.  He does that sometimes.

[Nabubrush]

I'm at CNN.com, and they say NH has reported 12 votes. That seems doubtful.

[jaydub]

Ah yes, we could really get down to the business of preserving shit if we didn't have those pesky preservationist standing in our way.  I know how these neauvou preservationists work.  They like to preserve shit with a bulldozer.

Fremont Boulevard in my hometown has existed since Alameda County was created in the mid 1800's.  At the northern end, where I live, there is a set of Victorian-age houses that one by one are falling first to graffiti, then to bulldozers.  They're on a section of street that has some strip-mall style businesses on it, that back in the dot-com days were chewing up the real estate like locusts.  Half of them have been 'For Lease' for the past few years, but I'm sure the developers own that land and will get back to razing the few houses that remain once the recovery picks up some steam.

[Nabubrush]

Kentucky is being called for Rand Paul and the Curb-stompers.

[Nabubrush]

If I did that, I'd have to work. And as far as I'm concerned, election day is just as much a day off as the Super Bowl. I hope my team wins.

[greenkoolayd]

so, i was hasty in that other post.......

anyway, im glad to be rid of ed rendell.  hopefully onorato will be less of a sumbitch.

[jay-ell]

I voted against amending the state constitution to prevent people with felony convictions from holding county sheriff offices.

In my opinion, if a convicted felon can get hisself elected in this day and age, he ought to have it.

Also, I am against adding silly, frivolous, single-issue line items to a piece of legislation that has been working fine for a couple hundred years.

[wombat]

I don't like ballot questions of any kind.  The whole point of electing people, in my view, is to delegate making those kinds of decisions to them. It is their job to think that kind of stuff through. I have my own jobs to do, I don't have time to also do theirs.

[theinevitable]

yeah, I voted against that "don't let them make taxes" thing. I already forget what other weird, confusing questions I voted on.

my girlfriend voted against the "POWs with debilitating injuries don't have to pay property taxes" thing. I'm interested in hearing her thought process.

[miles]

my girlfriend voted against the "POWs with debilitating injuries don't have to pay property taxes" thing. I'm interested in hearing her thought process.

Is that the entirety of the bill? That's so specific that it has to impact just a tiny fraction of the population. Seems odd. I guess one argument against it could be:

I don't like ballot questions of any kind.  The whole point of electing people, in my view, is to delegate making those kinds of decisions to them. It is their job to think that kind of stuff through. I have my own jobs to do, I don't have time to also do theirs.

Edit: Hey, the Kansas City Star opposed it:

Missouri Amendment 2

The Missouri General Assembly is proposing to amend the state constitution to exempt disabled prisoners of war from paying property taxes on their homes. Because disabled prisoners from the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan aren’t included in the measure, it would apply to only about 100 former POWs living in the state.

A show of respect for those who served our nation in the most difficult conditions is always appropriate. But we recommend a no vote on this plan for several reasons.

Most veterans who would be affected by the tax break already are eligible for a tax credit that reimburses Missourians 65 and older or totally disabled individuals for up to $1,100 in taxes owed on their houses.

The property tax exemption would be burdensome for local revenue offices, which would be responsible for administration and enforcement.

The fairness of singling out one group of veterans is questionable. And some veterans’ groups are concerned that these kinds of monetary privileges would encourage people to falsely claim POW status or exaggerate their disabilities.

Disabled POWs are deserving of honor. But changing property tax laws isn’t the way to do it.

[Nabubrush]

We had one that was about increasing the availability of home loans to veterans.

[Choop]

we had three about letting state agencies spend more money than they have, to allow for multi-year projects; our state teetered on bankruptcy a few years back and was saved from it by passing the opposite measure. all three are passing, much to my chagrin.

we also had five statewide votes to loan a single city over five million dollars to purchase a park and build a second fire station and some other loans. it doesn't need a second fire station, it needs reciprocity agreements with its neighbor cities, which also have fire stations. there's about two miles between it and its neighbors. there are longer stretches without fire stations just within atlanta. all five are passing, much to my ever-enlarging chagrin. if they'd been loans for new computers for the school, or to replace failing police equipment, i'd be happier about it. the only one i voted for was the million-plus for road projects. that turns in to several jobs, which means payroll.

at least delaware voters showed some semblance of sanity tonight even if wisconsin and kentucky (sorry aug) didn't. it's still too early to tell if californians know what the fuck they're doing. whitman and fiorino are both losing, which is good, but so is prop nineteen, which infuriates a dude.

[KeithHernandez]

In Denver there was a proposition for tax dollars for UFO research.  I voted for it, but it failed miserably.

I also voted for the amendment that rejected Obama's healthcare, probably for different reasons than most.  Still though, fuck that bill.


I really did not want to vote, then my liberal guilt kicked in.  I really just did not want the two Senatorial districts I could call home to be represented by Ken Buck and James Imhofe.  So fuck.  I got to vote no for all of the judges though, my favorite part of voting, and something I forgot about til I was there.  Also, steal the ballot pen/pencil.  I now have 4, though only one says ballot pen.

[jay-ell]

ever-enlarging chagrin

Seven kinky!