After delaying his ouster for two days, SOE Buddy Johnson finally got around to counting the early votes. In the race for SOE, most of those early votes were cast for Phyllis Busansky, ending Buddy Johnson’s reign as Hillsborough County’s worst SOE ever. The Times sums up Buddy’s five and a half years nicely: His [...]
… like a ten year old turd. Here it is, two days after election day, and we still don’t have a full count of votes in Hillsborough County. “Hillsborough County stood out for Election Day miscues.“ “To have more than 80,000 votes uncounted by the end of Wednesday and pushed into Thursday is a total [...]
In his speech last night, President elect Barack Obama referenced a voter in Atlanta: “This election had many firsts and many stories that will be told for generations. But one that’s on my mind tonight’s about a woman who cast her ballot in Atlanta. She’s a lot like the millions of others who stood in line [...]
Quite the historic night last night. Four years ago, I commented on the fact that Dallas County, Texas had elected a gay Hispanic female Democrat for Sheriff: … change is measured in very small increments. Changes so small, you don’t even notice. But once in a while, something happens that makes you clearly see that progress being [...]
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As time winds down to make your decisions for election day, the candidates become more desperate, and pull out all the stops. The mantra becomes ‘win – no matter the cost.’ You have seen this on a national scale, with attacks on both Presidential candidates increasing in both the nature and the volume. The SPimes [...]
It took Wayne Garcia 1 hour and 15 minutes to vote this week. His masterful writing skillz make it sound as if it were a complete nightmare. It took Kate more than an hour, too. Her expressive writing skillz make it sound as if it were a trippidy acid trip. With kids in tow. My writing [...]
I’m sure you have heard about the crazy Jim Smith land deal over in Pinellas County. (If not, check that link, or scroll on down past the jump for a truncated blow-by-blow). Anyway, the latest is that a state commission on ethics determined that neither he nor former County Attorney Susan Churuti did [...]
An open letter to Pinellas County Supervisor of Elections Deborah Clark: Dear Ms. Clark, OPEN MORE EARLY VOTING SITES, you knucklehead. Sincerely, Tommy There are 13 places to vote in Hillsborough County, with long lines at many of them tallying record numbers of votes. Pinellas only has three sites for early voting. Update 29 Oct 5pm: Deborah [...]
