2008 Election Results

I was not surprised that Barack Obama won, but I was a bit surprised by the margin. I thought he would win the popular vote by more than 53% to 46%. Although I did not vote for him, I am not disappointed that he won. The final nail in the coffin of racism.
The big news here was that the 3 incumbents kept their seats on the Encinitas city council. I was quite alarmed to see Maggie Houlihan get the most votes with 10,245, almost 2,000 more than second place finisher Jerome Stocks. James Bond rounded out the show with 7,981 votes. Bond's decision to reenter the race was probably for naught as Doug Long finished fourth and would have kept the status quo on the council if Bond was not running. Collier was fifth and Bob Nanninga finished a disappointing sixth. Brandenburg, Sheffo and Seldon were the also-rans. 1,928 idiots voted for Betsy Aceti. So the council remains unchanged until Barth and Dalager come up for election.
The sand tax passed by a huge margin. You have to love taxation without representation.
Of the state propositions I cared about, they all went against me. The 1A rail money pit passed. The state also decided to elect a black man president but tell gays they aren't welcome...in the very same election. Nice.
Sidebar: Did anyone notice the NC Times and UT sites were butt slow yesterday? Slow web sites that can't handle traffic spikes are so 90's. Get with it guys.

Four More Years! Four More Years!