Showing posts with label voting. Show all posts
Showing posts with label voting. Show all posts
Sunday, August 02, 2020

Brave & Strong.

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Sportswriter Royce Young posted this on Twitter. The prelude: "First question for (San Antonio Spurs coach) Gregg Popovich today wa...
Friday, November 15, 2019

The most inevitable headline in all recorded history: "Coffey disputes New Albany mayoral vote totals."

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We may never see another council representative as dependably entertaining as Dan Coffey. Whether folks view this as good or bad largely...
Sunday, November 03, 2019

Canon on independent local voting: "You vote not for the party but for the candidate you know; your friend, your neighbor, your friend’s neighbor, someone you went to elementary school with."

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Some fine points by Dan Canon, who lives among us right here in Nawbany. National Politics Taint Local Races And Lay Waste To Societal No...
Thursday, August 01, 2019

Gahan commits violence against our most vulnerable because our most beautiful can't get enough of "sanitary conditions."

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It was another morning among many, walking back home from work, entertaining myself by watching as drivers of automobiles routinely viola...
Thursday, May 16, 2019

GREEN MOUSE SAYS: Did you experience glitches while voting in the primary?

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During the early voting period leading up to the May 7 primary election, and on election day itself, the Green Mouse heard several report...
Tuesday, February 26, 2019

"America needs to regularise the status of millions of illegal immigrants, while further improving border security to win consent for that change."

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We're wasting a lot of time in this country on the ephemeral. I can only hope the last sentence is prophetic. --- Donald Trump’s ...
Wednesday, January 23, 2019

By the numbers: In 2018, Applegate performed better than Charbonneau in the 6th council district.

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On Tuesday the Green Mouse reported that Sam Charbonneau might be seeking a city council seat in the 6th district. Speaking for myself, ...
Tuesday, December 25, 2018

Fezziwig's Christmas Reading 1: Thank a socialist for voting rights.

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They walked along the road, Scrooge recognising every gate, and post, and tree; until a little market-town appeared in the distance, with i...
Friday, November 23, 2018

"Trump supporters are not the caricatures journalists depict."

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I'll be perfectly honest with you. My 40th high school reunion took place earlier this year. I had a previous commitment one of the...
Friday, October 19, 2018

On the topic of the forthcoming Floyd County election.

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On social media, my close friend Mark Cassidy had this to say: "I’m voting for Steve Burks. Who is with me?" Burks is the R...
Thursday, September 20, 2018

ON THE AVENUES: Fighting the power with ballots, not bullets.

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ON THE AVENUES: Fighting the power with ballots, not bullets. A weekly column by Roger A. Baylor. Next summer will be the 30th anniver...
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Wednesday, April 11, 2018

"How to vote in Floyd County."

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Courtesy of The Onion . Here's the link ; I've cut and pasted the entire page, and the links are active. They'll take you t...
Thursday, November 03, 2016

A pirate looks at '15: "In the U.S., Almost No One Votes in Local Elections."

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I was a year ahead of my time, but that's okay. The point was made, posterity will be generous, and I can't thank Seven Percenter...
Saturday, October 22, 2016

Politics, good judgment, social media, and why I refrained from voting in the Floyd Circuit Judge race.

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On October 12, I posted this paragraph to Judge Terry Cody's campaign page at Facebook. According to the page, the campaign is "ver...
Tuesday, May 10, 2016

Tolling inches ever closer as Jeff Gahan announces exciting new water slide.

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The funniest part about yesterday's news stories about impending final approval of Ohio River bridges tolling rates can be summarized by...
Friday, October 09, 2015

Vote early, vote now, vote often and vote Pirate.

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The photo above has been doctored, and the extended link with complete information on when, how and where to vote is here:  http://www.fl...
Saturday, May 02, 2015

The secrecy of voting ... and why the secret ballot should be abolished.

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Before Matt Nash recounts his difficulty in casting a secret ballot in the year 2015, let's begin by considering the origins of this ...