Just in case you haven’t recieved any mail from some of the candidates, the polls are open to allow us to vote today. We
hope you excercise your right to vote and vote for the person
you believe is best for the position.
At our place we’ve had only three phone calls concerning this
election. That’s a number we can live with even though the
calls usually come just as I am setting down to a hot meal. I
do think that we have recieved more flyers in the mail this time
around considering the small number of challengers in the race.
If you vote early and often like myself, or only once like the wife,
please make the effort to vote.
Comments are always welcome.
November 3, 2009 at 8:29 am
I had a few. I let the answering machine take care of them.
With the way you can vote around here, vote often is a very easy process.
November 3, 2009 at 9:30 am
nitrous55,
The answering machine got ours also, but caller ID doesn’t help to screen the calls. I would sign up for a political do not call list if one ever got started.
November 3, 2009 at 11:38 am
Me too. I just look at caller ID. If I don’t recognize or don’t feel like talking, I don’t answer.
November 3, 2009 at 1:03 pm
It is my understanding that your phone number is obtained from your voter registration. If you contact the auditor’s office, in person, you can remove your phone number from your voter registration. This won’t guarantee you won’t be called, but it should help.
November 3, 2009 at 1:53 pm
Or at least change the number to TR Video’s phone number.
November 3, 2009 at 3:34 pm
It doesn’t help to remove your phone number at the Auditor’s office. The auto dialer people have had the phone list for a few years now.
November 3, 2009 at 5:49 pm
Days like this I certainly don’t miss having a landline.
November 4, 2009 at 9:29 am
It was refreshing to see that the 3rd Ward voters voted heavily for Keith Meyer. People in the 3rd have the highest regards for Keith, and thank him for running again.
November 4, 2009 at 5:27 pm
Only 189 people, out of 555 voters in the 3rd ward, used one of their two At-Large votes for Keith. I guess you could call that voting heavily… Unsurprisingly, he still got last in D33, the downtown precinct of the 3rd ward. Maybe his referring to downtown as a failure didn’t go over with all the new residents.
November 4, 2009 at 9:23 pm
Boom went around the Third Ward ward this fall and last saying Meyer was behind a smear campaign last election. All lies. Shows what a jerk Boom really is.
November 5, 2009 at 2:27 am
Why do you always feel like you need to spin the truth when it comes to Keith Meyer QCI? He came in second in the 3rd ward, and only missed being first by 7 votes.
If you are going to throw numbers around, it’s only fair to give all the facts. Third ward voting went as follows:
Gordon: 196 votes
Meyer: 189 votes
Meeker: 177 votes
Ortiz: 168 votes
November 5, 2009 at 8:40 am
If you consider 2nd place by 12 votes “voting heavily for” someone, then yes, I was wrong.
November 5, 2009 at 9:16 am
Cruiser:
Would you consider taking up a collection to buy QCI a new calculator and pair of bifocals? His math again is a little fuzzy because of a malfunction.
Or maybe it’s just because he finds it impossible to give Keith credit for anything.
November 5, 2009 at 12:14 pm
Dale Gilmour,
We did that already and still get the calls. Could be it just takes time.
QCI,
You mention that Keith Meyer only made second by 12 votes but overlooked the fact he only missed first by
7 votes. That sounds like they voted heavily for him to me.
anonymous,
Only if he would use them.
November 5, 2009 at 1:53 pm
Keith has friends in the 3rd and on this site and I don’t mean to diminish Keith’s hard work in the 3rd. but, he did no better than OK in his home ward.
When you look at the numbers, the four at large effectively split the vote in the 3rd . Keith was at 26% for the at large vote and 12% of the total votes cast in the 3rd Ward.
City wide, Keith did not connect, finishing last.
Remain his friends but admit that he was not an effective candidate, his message did not register and many voters did not have positive memories of his past council performance.
November 5, 2009 at 6:18 pm
Obviously that wording just has different meanings to some of us. When I think of a district or precinct voting heavily for someone, I imagine them winning handily, not just getting around the same amount of votes as everyone else. For you guys it apparently means that, so we’ll just have to agree to disagree.