Oak Grove Mayor Dan Potter said he was trying to protect the renovated section of city hall from food stains and cigarette smoke brought in by poll workers.

“We don’t want Coca-Cola or coffee spilled on the floor,” Potter said. “There’s a lot of tension right now, but it’ll be over by 6 p.m., and we won’t have to see them again for at least another year.”

How arrogant can you get? Sorry that you think the election workers are such a burden.

You would want them to soil your new royal palace, would you?

I hope whoever is thinking about running against this guy next time has saved a copy of this quote.

That’s what I figure, which is even spookier. The thought of all of those kids futures in the hands of people who think of them in this way.

Here’s my favorite comment so far (and remember, the main purpose of school vouchers is to get poor kids out of the poverty cycle caused by failing public schools.)

It’s about time. You want private schooling for your kid….pay for it yourself.

BTW. My first comment on the thread has been dugg down to -10, it’s now “hidden.” No discussion, no debate. Meanwhile the schmuck who posted what I quoted is +2.

This is why I don’t digg anymore. Liberals don’t debate, the censor.

No debate, no discussion. Just silencing dissent.

The school voucher program in Utah failed . There is an article on it here. What made me really sad was the comment section. They have a Digg-style rating system (which seems pretty stupid for a newspaper) and any pro-voucher voices are “dugg-down” into oblivion.

From the comments, it’s obvious that the commentors aren’t the least bit concerned about the actual education of the children. They are concerned about the system and the status quo.

I left a comment, but I expect the book-burners to burn it down soon. It’s what they do.

It was like that in rural Mississippi a couple of years ago when I lived there. My last name is Phillips–the ancient lady manning one set of books tried to look it up under “F”. When we were finally located, we just had to verify by agreeing the name and address were correct-no ID needed.

In my neck of the woods in Kennedy-Land, all I had do do was give them a street address, and then they looked up my name and asked me if it was right. All I had to do to vote was say “Yes.”

Seriously.

“What is the definition of illegal” Connelly won in Fairfax County, Virginia. The crowd of day laborers at the shopping center here, will be happy.

Graysonret, F15Mech, and Keylime,

He won by a landslide, too, and was brazenly pro-illegal alien during the campaign. My state senator, Jim O’Brien lost, after having campaigned as being staunchly against illegal immigration. He was the one that introduced the law that passed to stop giving illegal aliens Virginia licenses. Many of the hijackers on 9/11 had Virginia licenses.

The problem with Northern Virginia is that we have too many liberals who have moved here from the Northern states for the economy and way of life. Republicans built up Fairfax County in the 1970′s and 80′s that attracted all the liberals and immigrants here.

Plus, we have a huge immigrant population, and they tend to vote for Democrats.

Finally, a lot of immigrants here legally but who are not citizens vote in Fairfax County. I know a Muslim woman I used to work with in another office, who lives in Cuccenelli’s district and is not a citizen, who proudly voted for John Kerry in the 2004 elections because she “can’t stand” Bush.

At least in my district of Fairfax County, the Republican Pat Herrity won for supervisor, and he ran as a conservative. I think Cuccinelli, who appears to have barely won, and Herrity should investigate how many non-citizens are voting in Fairfax County. The mosques here really encourage Muslims, citizen and non-citizen, to vote, and they vote as a block for Democrats, too. If you are not a citizen and are here legally, you have a license and nothing is stopping you from voting.

What these elections just showed is that Fairfax County is hugely welcoming to illegals. I’ve already noticed an even bigger increase of illegals at the shopping centers since Prince William and Loudoun counties cracked down.

Also, expect “Geraldo” Connelly and dems to increase the property tax rate this year to keep the money pouring in for illegals in Fairfax County Public Schools (they need many ESL teachers, with a very low student to teacher ratio) and low-cost housing for illegals.

For 21%
Against 79%
97% of vote counted
[Link: HERE]

Pittsburgh Mayor HERE:
Luke Ravenstahl, D 42,290
Mark F. Desantis, R 23,313
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Next, Philadelphia Mayor HERE:
Michael Nutter (D) 222,644 83%
Al Taubenberger (R) 46,034 17%

I find it amazing that the Cuccinelli/Oleszek race is as close as it is.

That women is a complete idiot.

When the Fairfax Times/Washington post imply that she is out of her league and the race is that close. It is time to move on.

Vote!