election year

English First fails on a legal technicality ... for now:

In a letter to the Davidson Country [sic] Election Commission, the Metro director of law stated that the English Only charter amendment proposal cannot appear on the November ballot because of a legal technicality.

A story in the Southern Standard today highlights the very interesting race for Sen. Steve Roller’s state Senate seat.

Via Atrios comes word that the McCain campaign had two sets of anti-Obama ads ready to go: one if he didn’t visit with wounded troops and one if he did:

What the McCain campaign doesn’t want people to know, according to one GOP strat

Have there ever been times more dire than these?  Has an election never been more important, for ourselves and our children?  Take a look around, America:

A growing army of pissed off peeps who've been victimized by terrible economic policies, a needless war, the ripple effects of oil-gouging and the long-since disproven "trickle-down" economic theory are gearing up to change the way the government does things.

Democrats in Congress are toying with the idea of another economic stimulus package. Election year tactic?

Today's mail contained two--TWO--petitions from the English First people. There are six signature lines. I guess we're supposed to take this around to our neighbors or something. As if.

Williamson county resident's better hope that an election year may impede the enforcement of Federal penalties against our school system's Student Privacy violation OR we better get out our check books for higher property taxes.