First off, for those of you who have contacted me about the family tree, I plan to get those invitations out ASAP after I add a couple of photos. For now, a post about politics and the economy (a la Epic Ballade).
Politics
As you may know, the
We re-elected an incumbent Republican senator (Pat Roberts), elected a Republican congresswoman (Lynn Jenkins) over the Democratic incumbent (Nancy Boyda), and elected a Democratic state senator (Tom Holland) over the Republican incumbent (in this race the Libertarian candidate [for whom I cast my vote] managed a respectable 5.4% of the votes!)
We also approved THREE SEPARATE local sales-tax increases. One for roads and infrastructure, and two to rescue our local bus system, which is unpopular, inconvenient, hemorrhaging money, operating at a huge loss, and is only afloat now because of large amounts of taxpayer money.
Also, contrary to what you might have guessed, the turnout in our fair county during this election was actually lower than it was four years ago.
The Economy
I am happy to report that the economy is doing just swimingly as far as I can tell. My evidence is this: the cheapest tank of gas I have filled in ages!
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I believe the low gas prices are because the global economy is receding (we're buying less gas), but you can believe what you want to!
And aren't you still registered to vote at our address? (The answer is yes; I saw your voter info when I was working at the polls.) And if so, why are you allowed to vote for Kansan offices?
Oh yeah, and my final question was: are you committing voter fraud??
I am registered in California as well, but chose not to commit voter fraud, because that's just the kind of guy I am.
And in my personal economy, things are great: gas is cheap, and things are on sale!
i don't like politics...so my real message is hi i guess. have fun with low gas prices for now.
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