World seems quiet these days, right? I’m writing this before the jail vote. I gave Foley my prediction of 58 percent no vote earlier this week. That is based on absolutely no research or any particular knowledge, which makes it a similar prediction as presidential polls. Anyway, check the front page to see if I’m good at this or not. Maybe I’ll become a presidential pollster, or maybe I’ll just keep writing uninformed opinions, time will tell.
Has Democracy been saved yet?
I can only assume that Republicans are handed a firearm at the time they fill out their paperwork to be on the ballot. Is that the way they handle it? “Yes sir, you’re all good for the November ballot, here’s a rifle for your photo shoots.” Maybe that’s not the way it works but seems like a logical conclusion.
Even funnier is the poor statewide Missouri Democrat candidates that squeeze in a 15 second ad amongst hours of Republican advertising on television. Just seems like burning money and makes me laugh at the futile effort.
Is it a rule of marriage that you text or call your spouse and tell them what number voter you were? I’m not sure when I reached that age, but it’s a voting tradition for our household now and it feels like a very “old person” tradition. She was #17 and I was #45 by the way. Not bragging, just spitting facts.
I did read that Jimmy Carter, who is still alive, has set a goal to cast a vote for Harris. I guess nobody told him the new “save the Democracy rules” that you don’t have to be alive to vote Democrat. Good for Carter. I guarantee I will have less lofty goals at his age.
My sister turned 61 years old last week and that seems weird, because when we were young, she was just three years older than me, but there is no way I’m close to sixty-one. Anyway, I trust the science and can assure you that I am nowhere near the same age as her. She lives on the Oregon coast, and I can only assume that her liberal belief system ages her quicker.
I’ve written extensively over the years about Sunshine Laws and their lack of teeth. Over the years I had to get information from local school boards, the Missouri Department of Conservation and other local governments. That involved the help of Jean Maneke, the leading expert attorney in the State of Missouri on Sunshine Laws. I was always impressed with her work, but the Jason Maki case in Parkville was groundbreaking in the field.
I don’t think some public officials understand just how good Maki is at extracting data from local government. It’s next level type stuff and I’ve seen some of his correspondence and Platte County is going to end up paying Maki money just like Parkville did if they don’t acquiesce in short order.
(Guy Speckman can be reached bragging about his voting order number)
