Pretty sad when people's votes can be bought for some free beer. Its amazing how many people really don't look at the issues and use their heads when deciding for whom to vote. But its obvious that voters are either apathetic and/or stupid when you look at our government as a whole, from the White House right on down to local politics.

Doherty's re-election hinges not so much on what he's done or plans to do, but more so...I believe...on who runs against him.

Janet Evans...who here would vote for that lady for any elected office? I know she got a lot of votes when she ran for council, but she also got trashed in her bid for State Rep. Besides, what does this tell you about the lady:
...she gets herself elected to School Board (with he 15 year old photo, BTW)
...uses the School Board to get herself a Teaching position
...she gets elected to council and tries to use that position to get elected to State Rep (and with that failing to work, is considering a run for mayor).
ANYONE ELSE SEEING A PATTERN HERE????

Gary DiBileo...nice guy, but seems to lack a spine when it comes to making difficult choices.


Given a choice between the two (Evans or DiBileo), I'd pick Gary in a heartbeat....at least his spouse isn't psychotic. However, neither stand a chance against Doherty.


-- Edited by Agamemnon at 16:43, 2008-02-29

-- Edited by Agamemnon at 19:39, 2008-02-29

Free Speech does't require a multi-paragrah disclaimer Mr. Pilchesky.

Doomer, who (in your opinion) would make a good Mayor?

Free Speech does't require a multi-paragrah disclaimer Mr. Pilchesky.

Man, The Eastern European vote is just getting harder and harder for us Irish to get.

I know how the game is played Glenn. I live in South FLA now, you think an Irish last name stands a chance in an election. Every city council person in my town is Cuban. People vote for what they know and trust. I'm Irish, grwoing up the older Irish people in my neighborhood would say "those Round heads up the line" or the "the Wops in west side" And no doubt they where calling us Micks. Rediculous? objectivly, sure, but this is Lackawanna County.

Ethnicity does matter, but...in my "opion" it's mattering less and less as generations move away from (insert relative name here) that came over from County Spud in "the old country". People in the current generation haven't stuck to "their kind"; the DiBileo family, for example, is composed of an Italian (Gary) and his Irish wife (Christine). Fifty years ago this would have been reason enough for a shunning. Now it's to be expected and people are...gasp...crossing racial lines. People view their identity with a bit more complexity these days.

The above said, I think people will vote in blocks for other reasons. Afterall, we are social creatures, and existing within a pack seems to be hardwired into genes.

As for your scenario Glenn, it sounds intreguing. If you are right and Ms Evans doesn't run for Mayor, then what office will she aspire to? It's pretty clear that political ambition runs through her veins like THC does through a DeadHead.

Free Speech does't require a multi-paragrah disclaimer Mr. Pilchesky.

That has been my concern for quite awhile now. If this continues, we can forget ever getting a normal decent human-being to run for any office. Who would ever want to be assaulted like this and who would allow their families to be put through this as well?

Do I believe we shouldn't discuss public figures?? Of course not, scutiny is the only thing we have to insure they are doing the job we elect them to do. However, there is a huge difference between job scrutiny and the character assasinations that go on endlessly across the hall. Truth, rumor, outright lies... no difference! If you think it.. write it. It makes no difference to the slimeballs across the hall who they sling dirt at, young, old, or child, nor does is seem to matter if it is true or untrue. Joey can always pretend he cares by saying if you don't come up with proof he will take it down in 24 hours, that insures enough time for people to see it and spread it, long before it is removed (if it ever is) I can't imagine any decent person ever wanting to put themselves out there, in this current climate.

This of course shouldn't in anyway discourage Miss Clairol as she doesn't seem to have a scruple left. She can probably count on getting a pass (professional courtesy) from the "bottom feeders" (Joey's affectionate term for his followers).

I am adding the below post as proof of my statements.

The nuts next door just throw out an accusation of someone being a pediphile. Any outrage from the bottom dwellers?? Nope. Try to make a negative comment about Miss Clairol and see what happens. Joey will ride in to protect his special friend and the banning will begin! What does Joey do about these horrible comments? Nothing! Oh notice the dates on the posts, just in case you think he may not have "gotten to it" yet.







-- Edited by IHavehadenoughofhaters at 21:27, 2008-03-04

And did he even ask for the proof of these rumors? But Nelson looks at this site to be his real news source ... how nice ...

His Girl........The "perfect" person may be sitting in the wind with a ton of money ready to go but that nutcase across th hall is sitting there with his fangs out waiting to "investigate" them. So we will be stuck with the same old same old.

Yeah, lets consider the source. How much other stuff that was supposedly "in the wind" never actually got off the ground? There's just not enough bandwidth to list it all.

LOL I am pretty sure you do have to live in the city. Of course, I haven't actually had that confirmed by the goons and you all know... it isn't so unless the goons say it is so. LOL LOL

Your supposed to live in the city ... however Ag is right Mr. Morgan has experience on running for an office in Scranton while living in the Abingtons ... and nobody ever seems to question him ... maybe because they know he can't win.

Why do we have to ask ourselves that? It's a silly question. It's not like he's financing it out of his own pocket. Various people, groups, and PACs are financing it for him.

The President of the US earns $400K a year. The 2004 election cost the candidates over a billion dollars. This year, it will probably cost more than that. Who spends in the neighborhood of half a billion dollars for a less than half a million dollar a year job? It's basically the same question with different figures...

The answer is, they don't. We do.

-- Edited by Paul at 22:23, 2008-03-27

I have a better question. ( at least I think it is a better question LOL) Since the only reason so much money is necessary in the first place,isbecause advertising (of all kinds) is so darn expensive. My question is .......why do we not designate a set amount of Adv time to be used for each race divided equally over the candidates. So that the companies providing the service do not take a hit we would need a funding source to be established. The amount designated would, of course, be in keeping with the level of the race. A school board race would get much less than mayoral race for instance and so on. This then would mean the bulk of a candidates adv would be covered leaving the lesser amounts to be covered by the fund raising. Any thoughts?

-- Edited by IHavehadenoughofhaters at 08:49, 2008-03-28