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a pause from the polls
13/9/05 13:322.5 hours of sleep total, *and* the damn precinct phone isn't working, *and* the failsafe line isn't responding to calls from other cells. Cranky doesn't even begin to cover it.
On the other hand, the election officer sprang for scones from my favorite bakery,![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
catrinella posted her lovely Neville-fic this morning, and I've been stealing glimpses at Design for Performance: From Diaghilev to the Pet Shop Boys and a kidlit textbook in between handing out ballot applications. As feared, turnout has been pathetic (it hasn't been this dull in the precinct since the vice mayor runoff) -- the issue at hand is whether to raise the sales tax a half-percent, and the reason it's even an issue is because the additional income is to be allocated to schools and seniors. (Naturally, it's more complicated than that, but I've been overhearing a fair amount of apathy and/or antipathy -- the sense that one will get screwed either way. Sigh...))
On the other hand, the election officer sprang for scones from my favorite bakery,
catrinella posted her lovely Neville-fic this morning, and I've been stealing glimpses at Design for Performance: From Diaghilev to the Pet Shop Boys and a kidlit textbook in between handing out ballot applications. As feared, turnout has been pathetic (it hasn't been this dull in the precinct since the vice mayor runoff) -- the issue at hand is whether to raise the sales tax a half-percent, and the reason it's even an issue is because the additional income is to be allocated to schools and seniors. (Naturally, it's more complicated than that, but I've been overhearing a fair amount of apathy and/or antipathy -- the sense that one will get screwed either way. Sigh...))