[Magdalen] Ten More Days

[Jay Weigel]

I am SICK AND TIRED of this election and of all the garbage and BS around
it. This country needs a law limiting the process----if not 6 months, no
longer than a year. This whole business has been more appalling than ever
this time, like a travesty of its former self.

Yesterday, while lying in bed feeling evil and awful because of some kind
of tummy bug, I developed a theory about what might be wrong with the US.
It seems we may have been settled primarily by poor people and younger sons
who, once they got a little bit of money and power, decided, "I've got
mine, now the hell with the rest of you!" That whole attitude permeates our
history and much of our politics, to say nothing of our business dealings
and our treatment of women and minorities. It seems worse now than it's
been in a good long time, despite seeming strides. And no, I do NOT want to
go back to the 1950s...I lived through them, and once was enough, what with
nuclear fears, the cold war, segregation, and polio.

/rant mode off

On Sun, Oct 30, 2016 at 6:38 AM, Allan Carr <allanc25 at gmail.com> wrote:

> These propositions can be tricky, especially if the short description on
> the ballot omits a point of controversy in the actual longer wording of the
> proposition itself.
> Our county propositions included two dealing with  continuing our open
> space law which  severely regulates the conversion of farm property to city
> property.
> One of them was far more lenient to the farmer, but you couldn't tell that
> from the wording on the ballot itself.
> This law makes it very pleasant to live in our county if you came here
> long ago or have the wherewithal to afford to buy here, but makes it very
> difficult for younger people.
> We older ones always say we don't want our county to turn into another San
> Fernando Valley, but it ensures an older and wealthier population.
>
>
> > On Oct 30, 2016, at 2:33 AM, Roger Stokes <roger.stokes65 at btinternet.com>
> wrote:
> >
> >> On 30/10/2016 09:07, Allan Carr wrote:
> >> Well, I've already sent in my ballot, having studiously read up
> opinions on all those California ballot propositions.
> >> Ten days from now I might be tempted not to bother with such a
> complicated ballot, feeling a epox on all of it including the Presidential
> race. I doubt I would be the only one.
> >> However, who knows what further surprises Putin, Assange, and Comey
> still have in store for us, or even Congress itself.
> >
> > I know someone from California now living in the UK. She said she had
> printed a whole load of papers to print out and then airmail back. I hate
> to think how much that cost her. I am thankful we are spared such a
> plethora of things to vote for, which surely have an effect on the turnout.
> Not only are you faced with so many questions that tke time to answer but
> that time increases the time others wait in line for you to finish the
> process.
> >
> > Roger
>
>