It was a lovely sunny day in Baristaville; turnout was much heavier than usual in Montclair, according to reports, most likely in conjunction to the school board referendum.
And for an issue this important for our schools, even the minors came out to boat – I mean vote. See the full story at Barista Kids.
Tonight, you can watch the ballot count broadcast live on Channel 34, starting at 8:30. Supporters of the school board referendum will be watching together in the backroom of Just Jake’s.
Stay tuned: we’ll be updating with the results of the election and the referendum tonight.
Election Day in Baristaville
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I had to literally wake up two of the five polling place employees where I vote in Clifton around 11AM today, one was using the registration book for surnames P-Z as her pillow and the other three were all pretty dozy themselves. This happens every election: it’s the same people (who I assume have some connections to the local Democratic party), who neither hear nor speak English very well. They don’t greet those seeking to vote. They don’t even smile expectantly. All they ever offer are blank stares. I’m not sure, whatever one’s party affiliation, that voting should be such a grimly attended duty.
My whole adult life (as a card carrying liberal Democrat) I was always aware of the typical Ronald Reaganesque refrain that liberals are people who know better than you do how to run your life. The idea of the smug liberal who live in the big house on the hill but knows better than poor people do about what poor people really need and want and know better than minorities what they really need and what they should want and really know more than you do on pretty much anything. As long as you shut up and let them run the show they know better and out of the goodness of their condescending heart they will take care of you. The conservative argument has always been that liberalism betrays a fundamental mistrust of people to be smart enough to take care of themselves and to act in their own best interest. People are either not smart enough or are too lazy to make the right choices.
Sort of like the appointed board people.
Pretty depressing.
snappyguy,
“People are either not smart enough or are too lazy to make the right choices”
At least the conservative view doesn’t make an assumption on intelligence or effort levels. I prefer the political camp that doesn’t make assumptions about me or my family, friends and relatives.
“I prefer the political camp that doesn’t make assumptions about me or my family, friends and relatives.”
Where do you live? I’m moving there.
Just heard Deb on WNYC!
At least the conservative view doesn’t make an assumption on intelligence
That’s fairly obvious based on their stands on Global Warming, alternative energy, and in the most extreme cases, evolution.
All they ever offer are blank stares.
Hmmm. Perhaps the fact that you always receive blank stares says more about the person being stared at.
These people are entirely volunteer of course. Let’s first be grateful for their agreeing to perform a thankless and monotonous task before we comment on how they go about it.
Mike91, they’re not, uh, “volunteers.” They’re paid party hacks and these jobs, even if for but one or two days tops a year, are patronage jobs. Sought-after patronage jobs, in fact. And they really do stare blankly throughout the day. Nor, given that they are paid well for the day, do they deserve much “thanks” for the robotic, nap-prone way they spend it.
Your remarks about the “conservative view” on global warming, alternative energy and evolution were just stupid. But also right in step with your usual standard of idiocy masquerading as “tough-minded” political commentary. Keep up the good, base work, and should Christie win, enjoy the next four years of good Republican government too.
cathar, indignantly denying the endless GOP on-the-record comments –on global warming, alternative energy and evolution — will get you nowhere.
Anyway, cathar, you should come to Montclair to vote (you’d obviously have to move here first) – our local poll workers are very alert, and helpful too, and the trip is especially nice at Watchung School, where the PTA has a table outside with coffee and baked goods.
Keep up the good, base work, and should Christie win, enjoy the next four years of good Republican government too.
And you keep pretending to be this small pond’s big fish cathar, even though no one acknowledges it.
If Christie lowers property taxes then he deserves all the praise he’s going to get. None of his campaign literature showed how he was going to do that, so good luck to him.