Once trust is gone, it has to be re-earned. So far, nothing I have seen gives me reason to trust. Do I think someone might go so far as to conspire to throw out votes or falsify the results? Not really, but it's not outside the realm of possibility. We've seen it happen recently in NC and Fla, haven't we? If you do believe that tampering with absentee ballots might be a possibility, show up on April 2d and vote in person.
I'll try one more time, and then call it quits. I cited the ballot story as a way to point out what I think of as the day Melrose began to change to what it has become. It isn't that one individual had a hissy fit over a ballot. It's the day that the Dolan administration set the tone for all the backbiting, denigration, insults, nastiness, viciousness and dishonesty that has seemed to rule to this day. It manifests itself in it's latest iteration in the behavior of some, not all, yes supporters, who paint you as an enemy if you disagree, call you a hater, call you stupid, saying you're hurting the kids, and on and on and on. That's right out of the Dolan playbook. It's basically the same bunch, albeit less up front and more behind the scenes driving this one. McAndrew, for instance - she told so many outright lies the last time she made Pinnochio look like he was on truth serum, and she's neck deep in this one too. She's a weasel. McLaughlin - the guy who steamrolled Dolan's raise, threatening retribution against anyone who disagreed - I wouldn't trust that guy as far as I could throw him, which isn't far. It's not that I don't want to support the schools. It's that I just don't believe that we're being told the truth - again - and I don't trust the administration, from Taymore on down, to wisely manage anything, let alone another 5.18 million. You don't strike me as dumb, and I don't believe you don't know exactly what I'm talking about.
Back to the absentee ballots, you are asking someone who stands to gain if the override passes, to watch over the ballots and people are human. I wouldn't want my ballot to get thrown away or peeked at in the office before election day.
Here's some food for thought. The links are available in two posts in the Alderman & City Politics category.
According to the website ClearGov:
Melrose spends 62% more on General Government Spending than similar communities.
Melrose spends 38% more on Benefits and Withholdingthan similar communities.
Melrose spends 65% more on Sewer than similar communities.
Melrose spends 213% more on School Debt NOT Related to Buildings than similar communities.
That's not just mismanagement. That's malfeasance.
Are you listening, Come On, Man?
So, what do you say BOA 9 Sychopants ? Loved the picture of “One Melrose” elected “leaders” lecturing people who struggle to pay their bills that they need to invest in the futue. VOTING NO.