Imagine how many votes I'd have gotten if I'd actually RAN.
Got a call from the county ambulance board yesterday. Apparently, I got enough write-in votes in the recent election to win a position on the board.
One person got more votes than I, but he apparently doesn't live in the district. Several others received fewer votes than I. And I think one person tied me.
Sadly, because the board meets half the time in Alton, and the position is not a paid one and does not even reimburse travel expenses, and because we are heading for $4.00/gallon gas, the distance forced me to decline the position.
On a good day, without using the air conditioner, my little titty-pink Escort wagon can get about 20 MPG. So, if gas prices get to $4.00/gallon, every meeting held in Alton will push me almost eight bucks further behind.
No, I don't blame the retirement packages of Exxon management.
But it's a shame.
On the bright side, it demonstrates to the duopolists that a Libertarian CAN get elected! :)
posted by The Last American at 8:45:00 AM
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Sellout!
/just kidding
20 MPG from an ESCORT??? I'd say check the oxygen sensor, sir. It should be a lot better than that. My 15-year-old Corolla would get 30+ in hard city driving, and my wheezing old Ranger would get 22 city/30 highway just before its death at age 12 in 2001.
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