Slingshizzle has Voted

I am proud to announce that I voted today via absentee ballot in the November 2nd general election in the State of Idaho, First Congressional District, 15th Legislative District, Ada County.

On an interesting side note (for you poli sci folks anyway): the most contested race was for seat Four on the Ada County Highway District Commission. There are 9 people running for one seat...on the highway commission...the commission everyone in Boise hates with the passion of a trillion burning suns (just because the traffic sucks).

In fact, the only thing in Boise people hate more than the ACHD is public works projects.

In the last two years, the people of Boise, in their infinite wisdom, have killed proposals to build a new police station; to expand and improve the greenbelt along the Boise River; to create a state-of-the-art mass transit system; and finally to build a new convention center.

The new convention center is the best one of the lot. It would have been funded by, not a tax on Boise residents, but a fee imposed on hotel guests downtown. The fee would have been about $1 a night a room and would not have cost Boise a thing. The hotel lobby fought it tooth and nail, and the voters subsequently rejected it.

I guess that's Idaho politics for you:

why run against an unopposed U.S. Senator (Mike Crapo) when you can run for the Ada County Highway District.

And this too is Idaho politics for you (at least for the City of Trees):

why support public works projects which don't cost the city or taxpayer anything but will greatly increase the viability of our fair city when you can be dooped by libertarian and business lobbying groups?

I am also proud to say I didn't have any hanging chads on my ballot. Ada County, for reasons passing understanding, uses the same punch-card ballots that Florida used in the 2000 election debacle.

So, after I completed voting, I didn't have any hanging chads...just a few dimpled chads and one pregnant chad (but the pregnancy was an accident, I swear).

If you haven't yet, Vote on November 2nd!