I got up bright and early Tuesday morning to participate in the Sarasota city elections. I braved a long line to vote… I jest, there was no one at the voting precinct when I voted. Many citizens of the city were likely just trying to get to work on time. This is the season where the morning traffic is nearly impossible to navigate. It seems as if every retired snowbird east of the Mississippi is cramming the roads to spend their child’s inheritence at the local breakfast place. I digress… the results are in and the city of Sarasota is still backwards. For whatever reason the city refuses to join the rest of civilization by electing a mayor. Word is that the remaining city commissioners will start holding tribal councils. They might as well go to the beach gather around the fire and throw sticks into the air. That would be an improvement over the status quo. The measure lost 4,406 to 6,799. Clearly turnout was an issue.
In other news there’s going to be a runoff for city council between pedestrian utopianist Suzaane Atwell, closet Democrat Terry Turner, and Paul Caragiulo whose platform is anyone’s guess. There are two spots up for grabs. A runoff election will be held on April 14 and I’ll be sitting at home for that one. Atwell and Turner are just more of the same. Turner can’t figure out what party he belongs to and Atwell believes in some kind of fantasy pedestrian world. Just think, at least one of these people will have a chance to be our rotating mayor.
Overall a sad night for Sarasota. A city that is run poorly, with citizens too apathetic to do anything about it, a newspaper in favor of the status quo, and with leaders who are completely inept. Sound familiar?
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