11-05-2024, 08:42 AM
Not wanting to wait until the very last moment, I dropped my ballot off at the local post office yesterday.
I find it increasingily easier to identify those candidates to eliminate from consideration than to find ones who I feel comfortable voting for. For example there are 8 candidates for our City Council and we can vote for a maximum of 3. I came up with the same 5 questions (including party affiliation, what each would do to protect the enviroonment, aand their position on high-density housing). I intended to get their contact info from their Candidate Statements in the Voter Information Guide mailed to every registered voter. But one of the candidates didn't even bother to submit a Candidate Statement, several others didn't provide email addresses or phone numbers. So there were just 4 or 5 to whom I could address my questions. One candidate actually responded quickly, answering all my questions. Another sent me a robo-reply thanking me for volunteering to help her campaign (which I did not do) and ignoring my questions. So I voted for only one.
The same general pattern held for County and State candidates.
Very disappointing.
IMO this will be the most consequential election = especially at the State and National levels - ever.
I sure hope for no violence this time.
OK, on to photography.
Yesterday's walks provided 4 floral shots that I felt decent enough to share. I'll post them one day at a time.
Here's the first, taken in the parking lot of my local mall...
See - I can sometimes produce images that aren't overly dark.
I find it increasingily easier to identify those candidates to eliminate from consideration than to find ones who I feel comfortable voting for. For example there are 8 candidates for our City Council and we can vote for a maximum of 3. I came up with the same 5 questions (including party affiliation, what each would do to protect the enviroonment, aand their position on high-density housing). I intended to get their contact info from their Candidate Statements in the Voter Information Guide mailed to every registered voter. But one of the candidates didn't even bother to submit a Candidate Statement, several others didn't provide email addresses or phone numbers. So there were just 4 or 5 to whom I could address my questions. One candidate actually responded quickly, answering all my questions. Another sent me a robo-reply thanking me for volunteering to help her campaign (which I did not do) and ignoring my questions. So I voted for only one.
The same general pattern held for County and State candidates.
Very disappointing.
IMO this will be the most consequential election = especially at the State and National levels - ever.
I sure hope for no violence this time.
OK, on to photography.
Yesterday's walks provided 4 floral shots that I felt decent enough to share. I'll post them one day at a time.
Here's the first, taken in the parking lot of my local mall...
See - I can sometimes produce images that aren't overly dark.
Don't blame me - I didn't vote for him!
Nikon D7500 with Nikkor 18-300 mm; PSE2021, PSCS5
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