An Election Update
The top three vote getters win three seats on the school board in our NJ town. When the votes cast Tuesday were counted by 11 p.m. ET Tuesday, my candidate wife ended up finishing fourth — by nine stinkin’ votes. So our hope now is that the still-to-be counted absentee ballots will pull her into third place.
And the guy she’s trailing is an incumbent who had to be told by county elections offiicials to remove himself from inside a polling place — where he was allegedly doing illegal electioneering. This guy was nose to nose at one point with one of my wife’s supporters, an incumbent board member who chose not to run this year and who doesn’t take no isht.
My wife could contest the result, saying the slate on which the three leading candidates ran on is illegal in New Jersey school elections. She did say she’d pray on it.
If anything good comes out of this, it is that my wife has thrown a scare into the political machine that influences politics in our town and county. This cabal is has been put on notice that there are some people who are sick of the culture of incestuous relationships and private gain trumping true public service.
Damn, this isht pisses me off.
Kudos to your wife!!! I’m scared of her!!! And congratulations to you for having the wisdom to marry and cherish such a phenomenal woman. I admire her spirit and resilience in the face of her own personal tragedy and her inability to accept defeat in her life. I think she is a pretty remarkable woman. You help her keep her head up and pray right along with her.
I know God will lead her down the road that’s best.
Thanks, A, I will do that. And I know God will help us along.
Comment by A — April 22, 2009 @ 8:52 am