I wish I could say it was the Christmas season or even just plain daylight savings time but I'm afraid I mean election time. If there is one thing that spoils almost every fall it's the increasingly obnoxious and nasty political commercials on TV, radio, in newspaper inserts, in the mail and even in people's yards. Do we never get a break? It seems that every year someone is running for something!
This year, we're voting for a choice of candidates for our very own home town. Suddenly (and suspiciously I might add) there is all this work on our street to stop the flooding that has come with every heavy rain since TB and I moved into the neighborhood. Luckily, water doesn't pool in front of our house but it gets pretty bad along some sections of the road. We've lived here 4 years and I guess that's about the length of the mayoral term because of the sudden burst of activity.
That's okay. I like a particular candidate, Peter Emmons, who's been a resident of the area all of his life. His family's been here for 150 years so he qualifies as a genuine "piney". I like his ideas to reduce the gang violence going on (although I myself haven't seen any evidence of it--it must be happening because it's been reported in the local paper) and to improve the image of our town. Right now there are several blighted areas in town. Ugh. I'd like to see him get a shot at improving things around here.
Still...hurry up November 8th! That's the day after election day!
Posted by Cassie at October 28, 2006 04:36 PM | TrackBack