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mamajoanSome of you may recall last summer/fall I posted about a special election being held in my district. The State Senator for the district died, and a special election was held to replace him -- in two phases: first a primary, then the actual election -- and I griped about how poorly it was publicized.
Well, the election did happen, lack of publicity or no, and the woman elected to replace him was our district's current State Representative. So now what? They're holding ANOTHER special election, to replace HER. Tomorrow is the Democratic primary, and presumably a few weeks later will be the election itself.
My question is: When does this end? The current favorite to win the Democratic primary, and probably the election, is currently an alderman (alderwoman, but they don't use that term) for the city I live in. If/when she wins, will there be another special election to replace her? And so on and so on, ad infinitum, until we're holding special elections to choose a new assistant to the assistant deputy director of trash collection or something? Yeesh.
Anyway, this special election is noticeably better-publicized than the other, which was my real purpose in posting this. The city website has a big announcement about it in bright red letters, which is more than it had last time. I've gotten tons of flyers in the mail from the leading candidate mentioned above, Denise Provost, as well as from one or two other contenders who, from what I can see, are dreaming if they think they have a chance. I've also gotten at least three phone calls from Provost's campaign, first wanting to tell me I should vote for her (and sounding fairly surprised when I said I was planning to do so), and then today "reminding" me that tomorrow is the day. Okay, okay! I'm sorry I ever bitched about the lack of publicity last time! Stop calling me already! ;)
Well, the election did happen, lack of publicity or no, and the woman elected to replace him was our district's current State Representative. So now what? They're holding ANOTHER special election, to replace HER. Tomorrow is the Democratic primary, and presumably a few weeks later will be the election itself.
My question is: When does this end? The current favorite to win the Democratic primary, and probably the election, is currently an alderman (alderwoman, but they don't use that term) for the city I live in. If/when she wins, will there be another special election to replace her? And so on and so on, ad infinitum, until we're holding special elections to choose a new assistant to the assistant deputy director of trash collection or something? Yeesh.
Anyway, this special election is noticeably better-publicized than the other, which was my real purpose in posting this. The city website has a big announcement about it in bright red letters, which is more than it had last time. I've gotten tons of flyers in the mail from the leading candidate mentioned above, Denise Provost, as well as from one or two other contenders who, from what I can see, are dreaming if they think they have a chance. I've also gotten at least three phone calls from Provost's campaign, first wanting to tell me I should vote for her (and sounding fairly surprised when I said I was planning to do so), and then today "reminding" me that tomorrow is the day. Okay, okay! I'm sorry I ever bitched about the lack of publicity last time! Stop calling me already! ;)
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Date: 2006-01-10 12:35 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2006-01-11 03:02 am (UTC)Did you really not get a zillion surveys and recorded messages and flyers about the previous special election? I got tons. I wonder what list I'm on that you aren't.