berks races
10 races without challengers, including one on a federal level. Everything's completely fine with our system.

why dont you run?

you're not allowed to do anything political and hold my job, for one

two birds one stone

ok. well get involved with your local party and search for some willing candidates.

CalvinBall wrote:ok. well get involved with your local party and search for some willing candidates.

that would be political.

find a new job if you care then

it's not an either or thing, you know. one can care about politics and not be a politician, you know.

being involved with the local reading democratic party is not being a politician.

I do think Calvin is right--more people should be willing to run for office, especially at the local level where all kinds of shenanigans go on especially when elected officials are not held accountable by competitive elections. But it's a pretty big commitment, and it can be pretty unpleasant.

pacino wrote:berks races
10 races without challengers, including one on a federal level. Everything's completely fine with our system.

Have this in my town for BOE election next week; two candidates for three seats. Now four have announced write-in campaigns but only two of those four are really "campaigning". The real frustration is how hard they are trying to trash the district/current BOE while pushing for one of the seats. I feel like asking them "if things are really as bad as you are suggesting, why didn't you put your name on the ballot to begin with?". Worse yet is that one of the serious write-in candidates has obvious backing from the political machine. His operation is highly organized and he is definitely well financed. Just sent out a four-page, four-color pamphlet to voters. FOR SCHOOL BOARD.

traderdave wrote: His operation is highly organized and he is definitely well financed. Just sent out a four-page, four-color pamphlet to voters. FOR SCHOOL BOARD.

whatever happened to gladhanding outside the entrance to the local supermarket?

probably the ebola

pacino wrote:try to run a campaign against this

Isn't Chevron a Venezuelan company?

No, but Citgo is

you can tell bc it ends in an "o"

JFC

Last year, Chevron Corp. reported more than $21 billion in net income and $220 billion in revenue. Kilbreth said the company has the resources, but not the desire to improve efficiency and reduce pollution at its refinery.

“Pollution is free, so there is no economic reason to reduce it,” Kilbreth wrote.

wow. gotta respect that kind of evil

if oil execs werent oil execs they would be serial killers. look it up if you dont believe me.

EDIT: oops, that wasn't an oil company guy who said that. it was a critic.