Saturday, September 25, 2004

Where’s Mikey?

His hometown (well close by anyway) is involved in a bruhaha with the ACLU.

How long before this newpaper ban is blamed on Bush?

Well, it’s official

I can no longer comment on this year’s Presidential election.

Why, you ask?

Those of you who have been here a while already know this, but for the newer visitors’ sake, I will explain.

I am a Precinct Inspector, working for the Registrar of Voters for every election that occurs in my area, whether it’s Presidential, with lots of press and lots of people, or a mere College Board of Trustee’s replacement election (when I only had nine voters, all day long). A few weeks before the election, I get a letter that appoints me to that position, which means I am technically working (as a temp) for the Registrar’s office.

That means I can’t argue politics in that contest, because I am required by State Law to be impartial. But since everybody from local dogcatcher all the way up to the President is running for re-election (we even have a Senator’s seat up this year), that covers it all.

Go figure, huh?

But this election ought to be fun. Even though I have been the one in charge of my Precinct for several cycles, this is the first time I have been able to actually choose my own team of Election Judges, so that we will actually know each other. I even have my team all picked out.

Remember, folks, I can still report factual stories, I just cannot publish slanted opinion pieces about those stories. I can also not control what opinions Steve, John or Kevin choose to post here, since they are under no such restrictions.

Think of it as a “political house arrest”. I’ll be back to celebrate after the polls close on Magic Tuesday.