Slap the cuffs on me. I’m guilty. I’m gathering signatures for the toll road referendum. I haven’t killed anyone, but I’m sure that’s just a minor inconvenience to the folks at D.
Last week, the intrepid journalists at plastic surgery’s favorite local magazine revealed that a convicted murderer was gathering signatures to get the toll road referendum on the November ballot. He was immediately fired (which they also mentioned, because they are, after all, intrepid journalists.)
This is not a good thing, and he should have been fired. For what it's worth, it's standard practice for campaigns of all kinds to hire people this way, in much the same way people get yard services to cut their lawns. Which raises this question: Why didn’t D find out about this guy when he was working for the anti-referendum people as a poll blocker? Why didn’t D check and see if any campaign workers for Tom Leppert had criminal records? Hmmm. Let’s see. It’s not because D publisher Wick Allison supports the anti-referendum side and supported Leppert, is it? Perish the thought.
Petitions due this week. Turned mine in yesterday. Hit every drinking establishment I frequent, so I did pretty well.
Interesting how this dig-deep journalism (and how much time did they spend on researching all the people gathering signatures) raises its head ever now and then. Now if they would just do some in-depth coverage of all the carpetbaggers and criminal behavior that has and will continue to affect the city (e.g., Ray Hunt; how about those Crow's; little junior Perot, usual suspects and then some...). I'm sure they will receive copious covereage in all their glory of their endless machinations (past, present, future)! It is kind of humorous that the mere hope of a referendum causes so much angst amongst our self-appointed overseers.
Posted by: AC | Jun 26, 2007 at 01:42 PM
Jeff, any update you can give on how the petition is doing? I really fear with the lack of voter turnout for the mayoral race that our little petition is not going to have the numbers.
Posted by: Michael Mosteller | Jun 26, 2007 at 08:11 PM
where's the best place to go sign a petition?
Posted by: billh | Jun 27, 2007 at 09:04 AM
You can still sign our petition TODAY until 9pm at the TrinityVote offices:
Turley Law Center
6440 Central Expressway
(Blue bldg on southeast corner of Central@University)
Suite 100
You can also drop off your petitions -- this is the last day to hand them in, so come on down.
Posted by: Angela Hunt | Jun 27, 2007 at 11:14 AM