It’s Monday and it’s President’s Day. A holiday. Funny thing about retirement; holidays no longer matter. The only difference it makes in our day to day life is that we might see a larger number of customers in the stores while we were shopping. If we went shopping. Which we’re not… because it’s a holiday. So holidays DO matter after all!
All of this leads me to wonder; what is President’s day all about? According to Wikipedia; among other things, we should see “Community, historical celebrations; honoring the veterans and Purple Heart recipients; Congressional recognition.”
Hey! I’m a veteran. I wonder what they have planned for me?
And…
We all know that there is a small but powerful group of people in this world who believe that there is nothing more important than filling out a form properly. Even incorrect entries are welcomed as long as every blank space in the form is filled out. Some of those people work for
L.A. County ballot design went unnoticed for six years
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Before troubles were spotted in the Feb. 5 primary, the double-bubble system left nonpartisan votes uncounted in '02, '04, and '06, election officials say.
Here’s the worst of it… “Confusion over how to mark the ballot, critics say, caused tens of thousands of votes to go uncounted in three elections between 2002 and 2006.
At the time, election officials knew that some votes were not being counted but saw no need to make changes. After all, the missing votes went unnoticed in the three primary elections and no one complained.” Well, of course that makes it right.
It’s time for an open primary once again.
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