Monday 8 November 2004


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    Well, I should recount the past week.  I left off with last Monday.  Tuesday I got up and went to vote, and was surprised to find an hour wait!  I guess that just goes to show how many more people are moving into the area and chaning it from the out-of-town it was ten years ago when we moved here.  I ended up late for work, which was no big deal as everyone else seemed to be trapped in voting lines rather than out buying maps.  It proved to be a good day for starting my latest work project, updating the products for our Web site.  It's easy but time consuming.  Worse, it hasn't been done in months so I have a backlog of stuff to do. 

     

    Wednesday I was surprised to discover that most of the propositions and candidates went my way.  Usually I have few things for which I vote that I actually get.  For the record I voted:

     

    US President:  Kerry

    US Senator:  McCain

    US Rep Dist 3:  Shadegg

    AZ Senator Dist 7:  Waring

    AZ Rep Dist 7:  Barnes & Cain

    AZ Corp Comm:  Fowlkes, Hatch-Miller, Manoil, and Mundell

    Maricopa Attorney:  Thomas

    Maricopa Sheriff:  Arpaio

    Maricopa Special Healthcare Dist 3:  Williams

    PV Unified #69 School Gov Board:  Case, Greenberg, and Skidmore

    PV Unified #69 to join West-Mec:  Yes

    Central AZ Water Conservation Dist:  Bitter Smith, Bray, Deibel, Hendricks, and Kohloff.

    Prop 100:  Yes

    Prop 101:  No

    Prop 102:  No

    Prop 103:  No

    Prop 104:  No

    Prop 105:  No

    Prop 200:  Yes

    Prop 300:  No

    Prop 400:  Yes

    Prop 401:  Yes

     

    I also voted to retain all three AZ Supreme Court judges, all eight Court of Appeals Divison 1 judges, and thirty-five of fourty Superior Court judges.  The judges I voted against retaining were Araneta, Contes, McClennen, Steinle, and Trujillo. 

     

    The week went by pretty fast.  As I already stated, Friday night's session was canceled and I chose to stay home and organize my neglected house rather than try to join Mer or Bill at the last minute.  Saturday was another session of Steve's FR campaign which I should do recaps of soon.  Sunday Father Milt gave a homily on the modern troubles of identity theft and how our identity as children of God cannot be taken away from us.  It brilliantly wove the readings and gospel together and contrasted the attacks against our identity as God's children against the identity theft fraud.  My grandmother says she missed having Father Milt at her parish. 

     

    The office today told me that the economy is so bad that they're going to not have a trash bin for tree and bush trimmings this autumn.  Instead, they'll only have the one for holiday trees in December.  I'm not sure if that's a good thing or a bad thing. 

     

    Anyway, it's time to bid everyone a great week.  God bless!

     


    "I never saw a pessimistic general win a battle.''  ~Dwight D. Eisenhower

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  • If you don't mind me asking, why'd'ja vote for Kerry? No condemnation, just seeking a different point of view.

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