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| ds9074 | Apr 12 2004, 04:11 PM Post #76 |
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Admiral
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Actually it was things like getting street lighting fixed, getting roads resurfaced, getting a litter problem sorted and getting a bus stop put in. The sort of things councillors should be doing, nothing underhand. |
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| Hoss | Apr 12 2004, 06:05 PM Post #77 |
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Don't make me use my bare hands on you.
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Fair enough, were it somerled, I wouldn't have bothered replying. This in conjunction with another thread about how Americans want to tell everyone how to run their govt. got me riled. To make it painfully clear, nobody in any state has to register as a Republican, Democrat, Greenie, Anarchist, Monarchist or any other political party to vote in the general election for public office. Only to vote in party primaries in some states. In the primaries it is determined who will represent a party in the election, they don't actually win an office. This is not the case in Texas, I am not registered as any particular party, but when I lived in Oklahoma, I was a registered Republican and had to be one to vote in the Republican primary election (for the first George Bush back in 1988 ) I did have the option of selecting Independent when I registered.It is probably illegal as all hell to use someone's political affiliation as criteria for hiring. They can't even ask your marital status on an application these days or the EEOC comes down on them. However, I do believe in the Old Boys (and girls) Network, so there may be corruption here and there. Nice if it could be eleminated. I, myself, am content to let the UK, Canada, France, Germany, Australia, et. al. worry about their own governments. Peace and Long Life Everybody. I won't be around a whole lot this week as I have lots of family stuff. |
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) I did have the option of selecting Independent when I registered.
2:13 PM Jul 11