Archive for October 29th, 2008
Wednesday, October 29th, 2008
Move up City Elections
From time to time I agree with Councilor Knudson, but too often not for the same reasons.
At the Charter Revision Meeting yesterday, (scroll down to the October 28, meeting, De speaks at the beginning) De suggested we move our city elections to June to save the city money and have a bigger voter turnout. I [...]
6 Comments » - Posted in De Knudson, Election 2008, SF City Council, Sioux Falls by l3wis
Wednesday, October 29th, 2008
D-Bag of this Election Cycle Award goes to; Joe Lieberman
Though John McCain will probably lose, it won’t be because of Joe, who has stood by his (my) friend John through thick and thin.
Correcting John when he didn’t know there was a difference between the Iranian guard and Alqueda.
Take a big deuce on his party and speaking at the RNC.
Repeatly lying to voters about Obama’s [...]
11 Comments » - Posted in Lieberman, McCain, obama by l3wis
Wednesday, October 29th, 2008
Palin ain’t no outsider
Illustration, The New Yorker
From the New Yorker, The Insiders.
“I’m not a member of the permanent political establishment. And I’ve learned quickly these past few days that if you’re not a member in good standing of the Washington élite then some in the media consider a candidate unqualified for that reason alone.” But, she added, “I’m [...]
No Comments » - Posted in Media, VP Palin by l3wis
Wednesday, October 29th, 2008
Worst TV commercial of the Election cycle
There has been some pretty silly TV commercials in this election cycle – especially the district races. but I think Sandy Jerstad’s latest ad takes the cake. She is sitting on a porch in TEA, and talks about how she wishes she lives there, but even though she does not, she will still represent them. [...]
2 Comments » - Posted in District 12 by l3wis
Wednesday, October 29th, 2008
Sales Tax increase; Pretty Ridiculous
I found this letter to the Editor of the Argus Leader right on;
Representatives of developers, construction companies and other groups such as the Chamber of Commerce took more than two hours to argue the need for such development in promoting the growth of the city.
This was ridiculous. Nobody was opposing the development of these arterial [...]
