Jonny Quest's City Council Voter's Guide
Jonny Quest prepared the following voter's guide for me for our up-coming city council election, with her recommendations '*'d. Names and exact amounts have been changed to maintain my thin veneer of anonymity:
Candidate 1:
CROOK; evaded [about $60k] in taxes
Candidate 2:
Platform: I'm Hispanic
Candidate 3:
Platform: I'm a mom
Oh yeah, I'm also:
- A community organizer
- Queer
Candidate 1:
CROOK; evaded [about $60k] in taxes
Candidate 2:
Platform: I'm Hispanic
Candidate 3:
Platform: I'm a mom
Oh yeah, I'm also:
- A community organizer
- Queer
- An illegal alien
But also:
- Pro-union
But also:
- Pro-union
- Pro-labor
- Against incarcerations for nominal offenses
- Against incarcerations for nominal offenses
Candidate 4:*
Platform: The government is terrible, just like those kids next door.
[But yes, vote for him, he's just a regular guy]
Candidate 5: *
Platform: I don't want a new high school
[But yes, vote for him, he's just a regular guy]
Candidate 5: *
Platform: I don't want a new high school
posted by Winston Smith at
7:05 PM
2 Comments:
Some aritistically constructive feminism, from a veey good SFF writer:
http://www.imakeupworlds.com/index.php/2012/09/the-omniscient-breasts/
One point that she doesnt make: using the "male gaze" can really wreck a story, if it is supposed to be from a female POV.
http://www.imakeupworlds.com/index.php/2012/09/the-omniscient-breasts/
Vote for #5, unless the new school is an absolute necessity. That is a buge, huge deal in local politics.
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