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Guest Blogger: Karma

I just received this from Karma, a frequent guest blogger at Tom’s Page:

Swearing In City Hall

Rene Varela was sworn in as Mayor this afternoon at City Hall.  A standing room only crowd gave both Mayor Varela and Mayor Clemens standing ovations.  The sheriff’s deputies were there in force and the judge administrating the oath of office quipped that, “he didn’t want to make the front page again” alluding to being interrupted by a protester when he was swearing-in Commissioner Maxwell.

Mayor Verela spoke about not holding grudges and working with all of the Commissioners to solve the problems of our “City in crisis”.

Now That’s A Donkey Of A Different Color. . .

Will You Still Respect Me in The Morning?

The Cottage, Wednesday Morning November 18, 2009.

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Poor Taste?

Over the past few days I have received feedback on a “cartoon” I posted titled Ding Dong.  You can click here to see the original post.

The basic thrust of this feedback is that I was that I was espousing violence and that I “wished to see some of the commissioners dead”.

I have explained that the cartoon was intended as a metaphor and was not a call to encourage violence, nor was it a reference to a desire to see anybody dead.

Political cartoons have a history of using over the top images to convey their messages:

Last night while researching cartoons I came across this one, which I had not seen prior to posting the original Ding Dong post:

Taking a cue from it, I have altered the original Ding Dong cartoon for the benefit of literalists and the metaphorically challenged:

Mayoral Results

Laurence McNamara 41.85%  1,168

Rene’ A. Varela 58.15%  1,623

 

 

 

 

 

 

Second Shift. . .

Here are a few more supporters out working the polling places this afternoon.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Campaigners In The Mist. . .

A grey and misty election morning did not keep the stalwart supporters of our Mayoral candidates from showing up at the polling locations.

 

 

 

 

 

Dixie Highway Street Walkers!

Seen this evening on Dixie Highway.