Elections – Congratulations and condolences

To all those elected or re-elected yesterday all across the country, congratulations on the support you received from voters.  May you serve wisely.

To all candidates, elected or not, condolences on the poor support you received from the people. If Duluth is any indicator, turnout was probably a third of the registered voters.  That means two-thirds of the registered voters did not show support for any of the candidates.

If you lost and are willing to try again, get a larger number of supporters who will turn to get even more voters out on your next try.  If you are successful, may you have received the votes of a majority of registered voters.

If you won, may you have the humility to realize that more registered voters did not support you than those who did.  If you run again, get a larger number of supporters who will turn out to get even more voters on your next try.  If you are successful, may you have received the votes of a majority of registered voters.

Don't answer the phone until November 7

We have given up answering the phone until after election day.  Monday we must have had seven calls, only one of which left a message.  That was a personal call that my wife returned immediately. 

Why should we drop everything for a political robo-call?