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bedsitter23There were plenty of political ads this year and they were all pretty typical- the tea party slogan- "You've been taxed enough already, and I am going to stop it."
My favorite local race was a tea Partier attacking his opponent for having spent money on buying decorative flower pots to put in downtown Des Moines.
Hmmm.. I thought. I think that sounds reasonable. You want to get people to come downtown to spend money on local business. I am pro-flower pot.
Still, I get it. You have to start cutting somewhere in this era of TEA Parties and vocal Libertarians.
Which means, "I Voted" stickers got nixed in Polk County, Iowa.
Nobody gives a thought to those stickers until they are gone, and they were a big deal on the local Facebooks.
In any case, the county auditor says it wasn't in the budget, and so, no stickers for Polk County voters. Ubiquitous as lollipops from the doctor's office, suddenly they were no more.
Jamie Fitzgerald (the aforementioned Polk County Auditor) did make a point that it was illegal for companies to discriminate against the non-sticker wearers (It is popular here for coffee shops to offer a free latte for people wearing a 'I vote' sticker or something similar).
Fitzgerald says he received an email from the secretary of state's office about the stickers. It says federal law dictates that if a business offers such an incentive they have to offer it everyone — sticker or no sticker.
My favorite local race was a tea Partier attacking his opponent for having spent money on buying decorative flower pots to put in downtown Des Moines.
Hmmm.. I thought. I think that sounds reasonable. You want to get people to come downtown to spend money on local business. I am pro-flower pot.
Still, I get it. You have to start cutting somewhere in this era of TEA Parties and vocal Libertarians.
Which means, "I Voted" stickers got nixed in Polk County, Iowa.
Nobody gives a thought to those stickers until they are gone, and they were a big deal on the local Facebooks.
In any case, the county auditor says it wasn't in the budget, and so, no stickers for Polk County voters. Ubiquitous as lollipops from the doctor's office, suddenly they were no more.
Jamie Fitzgerald (the aforementioned Polk County Auditor) did make a point that it was illegal for companies to discriminate against the non-sticker wearers (It is popular here for coffee shops to offer a free latte for people wearing a 'I vote' sticker or something similar).
Fitzgerald says he received an email from the secretary of state's office about the stickers. It says federal law dictates that if a business offers such an incentive they have to offer it everyone — sticker or no sticker.
