I think that's all of it, anyway. In the bottom right corner you see the three door hangers I got during the summer. As best I can tell my door hasn't been knocked upon since Labor Day.
It should be noted that I am a "Triple-D" household according to the public voting records. That means I have voted in the three most recent Democratic primaries -- 2014, 2012, 2010. To the best of my knowledge, I have not received a telephone call from any campaign. At least if they called me, they didn't leave a message.
I'm not sure why the Christie and Hall campaigns would drop literature at a DDD home, but there you have it. My precinct is purple; blue in presidential years and red in midterms. Can you imagine the volume of mail those dumbass Democrats who vote in GOP primaries have gotten?
I finally managed to vote on Wednesday, so if any of these campaigns are still mailing me after that, then they're more stupid than I can comprehend. The SOS can merge/purge voters from the non's overnight, at least as I understand it, so that campaigns aren't still trying to persuade people who have already cast a ballot. And to be fair, direct mail consultants still have to deal with the lag of a few days between printing and dropping (into your mailbox).
Tom McCasland wins largest mail piece; two 8 1/2 x 11s. They stick up the highest out of my green recycle bin. Amanda Edwards wins for frequency: three. Statewide Prop 1 backers spent the most out of the subset of non-candidate-related mailings. Chris Brown should look at the camera more often (all those shots of him looking down or away project weakness, IMHO).
One other thing: my next door neighbor -- not a Democratic primary voter for at least the past six years; remember I've been a precinct captain and worked the walk lists -- received an Adrian Garcia mailing (letter, probably donation solicitation) so either the former sheriff is wasting his considerable sum of money to a far greater extent than everyone else, or is soliciting Republican voters. I'm guessing it's the latter.
I can count on one hand the teevee commercials I have seen; two for Steve Costello and one for Garcia. But I don't watch much teevee either, certainly not local, news or otherwise, so I'm not a good barometer of that medium's reach.
Is anybody besides me embarrassed about this? That this is what our local demonstration ofdemocracy plutocracy/oligarchy looks like? Frankly I would rather be bum-rushed by ten people with pushcards at the polling place. At least I can say 'no thank you'. I can't do anything with all of this crap except recycle it.
What would seven million bucks -- and that's just the mayorals, mind you -- have been better spent on? How many potholes would that have filled if you stuffed them with cash and just topped them off with asphalt?
We need a better democracy than "who has/raises the most money". Keep in mind that Costello, Bill King, and Ben Hall -- all losers, hopefully -- self-funded their campaigns. If they're so rich, why ain't they smart? But is it better to be held captive by the wealthiest, like Garcia and Sylvester Turner could be?
A better political system is needed, please. One without so much money.
It should be noted that I am a "Triple-D" household according to the public voting records. That means I have voted in the three most recent Democratic primaries -- 2014, 2012, 2010. To the best of my knowledge, I have not received a telephone call from any campaign. At least if they called me, they didn't leave a message.
I'm not sure why the Christie and Hall campaigns would drop literature at a DDD home, but there you have it. My precinct is purple; blue in presidential years and red in midterms. Can you imagine the volume of mail those dumbass Democrats who vote in GOP primaries have gotten?
I finally managed to vote on Wednesday, so if any of these campaigns are still mailing me after that, then they're more stupid than I can comprehend. The SOS can merge/purge voters from the non's overnight, at least as I understand it, so that campaigns aren't still trying to persuade people who have already cast a ballot. And to be fair, direct mail consultants still have to deal with the lag of a few days between printing and dropping (into your mailbox).
Tom McCasland wins largest mail piece; two 8 1/2 x 11s. They stick up the highest out of my green recycle bin. Amanda Edwards wins for frequency: three. Statewide Prop 1 backers spent the most out of the subset of non-candidate-related mailings. Chris Brown should look at the camera more often (all those shots of him looking down or away project weakness, IMHO).
One other thing: my next door neighbor -- not a Democratic primary voter for at least the past six years; remember I've been a precinct captain and worked the walk lists -- received an Adrian Garcia mailing (letter, probably donation solicitation) so either the former sheriff is wasting his considerable sum of money to a far greater extent than everyone else, or is soliciting Republican voters. I'm guessing it's the latter.
I can count on one hand the teevee commercials I have seen; two for Steve Costello and one for Garcia. But I don't watch much teevee either, certainly not local, news or otherwise, so I'm not a good barometer of that medium's reach.
Is anybody besides me embarrassed about this? That this is what our local demonstration of
What would seven million bucks -- and that's just the mayorals, mind you -- have been better spent on? How many potholes would that have filled if you stuffed them with cash and just topped them off with asphalt?
We need a better democracy than "who has/raises the most money". Keep in mind that Costello, Bill King, and Ben Hall -- all losers, hopefully -- self-funded their campaigns. If they're so rich, why ain't they smart? But is it better to be held captive by the wealthiest, like Garcia and Sylvester Turner could be?
A better political system is needed, please. One without so much money.
