I noticed this batch of campaign signs as I filled up the Chevy truck near the “76″ station in Nevada City this morning.
The “So Nate, aren’t 2 terms enough???” sign was poked in the ground under a “Nate Beason (for) Supervisor” sign that was more appropriately placed inside a fence according to code.
The “Elect George Smyrnos” sign is about 25 yards away from the Beason signs, across the street. (Smyrnos is running a negative campaign against incumbent Judge Tom Anderson, fueled by inflammatory/uninformed columns by The Union’s publisher/editor that are posted on Smyrnos’ website).
At least this Smyrnos sign carries a “positive” message (elect me!), though I saw one inappropriately poked in the ground by the attractive “Welcome to Nevada County” display on Hwy. 49 a few weeks ago. Whoever put it there showed poor taste, and it has since been removed.
I presume the same people who supported Sam Aanestad in his criticism of a website allegedly linked to “dirty tricks” campaigning by Doug LaMalfa the other day also would object to posting negative campaign signs in our neighborhoods. I would.
Negative campaigning is for losers. Let’s send them a message at the polls — and when we see it happening.
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What irritates me this season are the signs posted outside supervisorial districts. What are Sue McGuire signs doing all over District 3? I guess she doesn’t know her district boundaries. Not the kind of person I’d vote for if I lived in her district. I understand that Nate is doing a good job for his constituents. I hope he stays.
Hey Jeff, I scooped you on your own blog a couple of days ago, Lol!
Scoop: Allegations about Sam4Congress.com shows the right “eating their own” in LaMalfa-Aanestad race
Maybe they are on to something – term limits for the BOS.
I know the HEW building is a sore point. I wonder if Sue M. would support “open space” there? LOL.
Meanwhile, will you support the sales tax hike in NC in lieu of HEW property taxes to keep the town afloat?
BTW, check out this article about GOP “centrists”:
http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-republicans-20120519,0,5143975.story
I would be for keeping the property taxes for the HEW property at the same level the county currently pays. It is in the county anyway.
If HEW were annexed, the properties between HEW and the current city limits would be pulled into the city also, adding to the tax base.
I do think that some of that flat ground could be used as a neighborhood soccer field, or something. Any ideas?
I don’t think a high density development is a good fit for that end of town.
I might be in the minority, but I don’t feel Nate has represented my interests. He is a good listener. However, I don’t really see much disagreement going on with the current BOS. They, with the exception of Mr. Lamphier, seem to rubber stamp everything staff recommends.
I thought staff, uncluding the attorney, botched the HEW proposal as well as the marijuana “urgency” ordinance. But, the BOS was, “tired of kicking those cans down the road”, and just voted those issues out of their sight and minds (although neither of those issues is settled).
I am not sure what Sue M. would bring to the table. I do believe she is concerned about the amount of money we all pay in taxes, and what in return.
Al Bulf is an out-of-the-box thinker. I think he would campaign for proposals that fit with our small town way of life – possibly including keeping the place more rural than urbanized.
McGuire is untested; Bulf is untethered.
Term limits should be used when it is possible to amass power to get re-elected. Supervisors are more like CEO’s and they should be hired and kept base on performance. Nate is performing well.
I’m happy he’s working for you Greg.
Some of us aren’t feelin’ the love.
How do you rate?
RE: Sales tax hike…I would not support another sales tax hike in NC. To me, that is ridiculous! NC should make the appropriate cuts and stop giving gifts of public funds first. Do we need a full time Planner and Parks and Recreation Director?
BTW the last sales tax hike was to go for redoing the streets. Seen any of that activity lately? I wonder where the money is going?
Well. Something new. How imaginative. A “Don’t vote for…” sign. Maybe we should have a new box to check on the ballot. “Anybody but…”
It is a variant of the “No Third Term” signs, of my childhood. Roosevelt overcame the attack. Let’s see if Nate is as fortunate.
I led a very secure childhood:
Roosevelt would always be president.
Joe Louis would always be heavy weight champ.
Pius XII would always be Pope.
A hamburger would always be 25 cents.
My ambition in life to to earn $25 a week like my father.
Jim,
None Of The Above was used by the CA Green Party until the courts took it away.
http://www.cagreens.org/history/nota
Excerpt
None of the Above and the Green Party of California
“The Green Party of California (GPCA) has a long and varied history with None of the Above (NOTA), from winning the right to use it in the party’s primary elections after gaining ballot status in January 1992, to losing it in court in 1995, to opposing an initiative that would have established it as a non-binding general election option.
Soon after gaining ballot status in January 1992, the GPCA sued for the rights to have its own election rules and was awarded the right to use NOTA in its primary elections by the court. In the June 1992 primary, Green state assembly candidate Roger Donaldson lost to NOTA on purpose, after sending this letter to Greens, asking them to vote for NOTA instead of him.
In 1994 NOTA received the most votes for Governor, finishing ahead of three other candidates. A vigorous Friends of Nobody campaign was waged that year in favor of NOTA and one of the three Green gubernatorial candidates John Selawsky supported NOTA and used his ballot statement to advocate for a vote for it. Then in 1995 NOTA was taken away by the courts upon appeal by the state of California in Green Party of California vs. Jones.”
If I was Nate I would respond thusly: “Well, actually, no they aren’t–I’ve been doing such a good job so far–at least according to my constituents, from what I’ve been told–that a 3rd term is entirely appropriate. VOTE FOR BEASON on JUNE 5th!”
It’s odd in a way seeing all the signs for Republicans while traveling to Brownsville to see my PCP, I almost feel like I’m on patrol in enemy territory again. And now I’ve affixed an Obama bumber sticker to by car, but for safety purpose, next to it are a Vietnam service ribbon bumber sticker, VVA, sticker, a USMC decal on side window, etc., so some redneck won’t break my windows. And when Bush was president, I really wanted to put one bumper sticker on my car, but didn’t,, only because of my good friendship with my neighbors with the horses on my property whose politics are opposite mine: it read, “My Dog is Smarter than Your President.” That would be negative, but maybe not, I had an Australian Shepherd.
I am a relentless proselytizer, at check out stands, parking lots, etc., subtly, by asking questions or making comments. My informal way of trying to understand why a middleclass or underclass person could possibly believe in the Republican agenda–excepting that solid block of evangelicals where reason, science and expertise are the devils work.
Guess I’m in the minority here, but never have been much of a fan of term limits.
Not on the computer, but California horses just ran 1-2-3 in the Preakness, and the winner “I’ll have another” gets a shot at the Triple Crown. No Texas horses were in the running. LOL!
Jeff,
For losers indeed. The problem is in their worldview the ends will justify the means.