You turn around in Phoenix and find there is another election. One election is for local candidates, the next election might be for congressmen and senators, after that it’s time to vote for ballot initiatives, or is it judges? Before we ever get to vote for the president again we will be voting on more laws, more local officeholders, maybe a special issue regarding water rights, who knows? Months before the initiatives get voted on we are sent a voluminous magazine-sized voter guide (sample ballot) written in confusing miniaturized legalese to alienate anyone with a sub 160 IQ or bad eyesight – under most circumstances this thing is most likely to go into the trash bin with the junk mail.

These local politicians run for some obscure office or other and you are sent absolutely nothing to learn who they are. Maybe the information was in that voter guide I tossed last year? No matter, we are presented with signs like those pictured above where at most they present us a brief ‘re-elect’ or a simplistic ‘I’m Better’ or the inspiring ‘Real Experience’. Oh well, these are career politicians and no one in Phoenix really knows who 90% of them are anyway, I’d be willing to bet that at election time most people listen to the name of the two candidates and will choose the person whose name is simple and pleasant to the ear. Heck, maybe that’s why W beat Gore and Kerry. Hey governor of Florida, just run as Jeb and you’ll beat the pants off Hillary Rodham Clinton….unless she gets smart and starts going by a new monicker such as HR or the Big C.