Primary Results 8/26/08

[grumpyfish]

I got no sympathy. If the majority decided to be indifferent to voting, then we must deal with Jones. It's nobody's fault but our own.

"When you head south over the 331 bridge, look left and right. That isn't the Choctawhatchee Bay, it is the Sea of Apathy." - Alan Osborne

 

[GoodWitch58]

I can understand why people don't attend BCC (and other gov) meetings: they are boring, long, ineffiicient and at night when people have children to get to bed, or need to get to bed ourselves to get up for work the next day.

I do not understand why people do not vote: you can do it early; we don't have to drive very far; there are no long lines; early voting is on a weekend. Heck, you can even do it by absentee ballot the Supervisor of Elections will mail to you!

IMO there is really no excuse except people are just irresponsible.

We send our men and women to wars to fight and die for the freedom for others to get the vote; and for U. S. citizens to keep that right...it seems the least the rest of us could do, is appreciate the right we have and the responsibility that goes along with it. The apathy makes me angry!:angry:

Rant Over...

 

[princepesa]

I think from the turnout we can assume people just don't care so they shouldn't be able
to complain but I am sure they will. People stand in line for hours to vote, are shot at and
have to walk miles to the polls in other countries. And we can't even show up in our
air conditioned oversized vehicles and walk right in and mark a ballot.

Very concerned about the state of the county and hope Dst. 5 doesn't get treated like the old days, i.e; red headed step child.

 

[princepesa]

Kudos to those who ran positive campaigns. Am dissapointed at those who thought
the best way to win was to go negative instead of talking about the issues facing our county..................Am even more dissapointed at the rumors I heard about paying for
votes, disrepecting people's property, getting in fights, and generally running what
one person already said............good ole Holmes County politicing.

We need to do better.

 

[idlewind]

Okay so how do we start the process of a recall election of Cecilia Jones?

My friend, I am as disappointed as anyone, however, this is a democracy and the people have spoken. It would therefore be incumbent on each of us to support those who won and give them a fair chance to perform the duties to which they have been chosen. If they suprise us, we all win, if they do as we fear, then we have another shot in four years to fix it. But we should give all of the winners a fair shot at winning us over.

And before anyone bemoans the low turnout, those who cared voted, those who did not vote obviously do not care whatever the result.:angry:

 

[organicmama]

I think you can tell by the low turn out at the regular BCC meetings that people don't care about their local gov't enough to show up. It really isn't surprising that they don't show up at the polls.

I don't show up at BCC and other meetings because of the little 2 year old that's usually on my hip. However, he was on our hips at the polls & the little ladies were loving it & wanting to take him home with them.