But when the Democrats recommend it:
New Orleans Mayor Ray Nagin, the entire City Council and a host of other local elected officials likely will remain in office beyond the four-year terms scheduled to end May 1, after Gov. Kathleen Blanco agreed Friday to postpone the city's Feb. 4 municipal elections.Bullshit!
Fulfilling a pledge she made weeks ago, Blanco accepted a recommendation to delay the elections handed down earlier in the day by Secretary of State Al Ater, the first time a mayoral election has been deferred in the city's modern history. Ater did not recommend a make-up date but said logistical challenges presented by Hurricane Katrina could push back the balloting to Sept. 30.
Hold the elections. Let the voters speak. The elections are supposed to be held in February. The City has taken a hit. No doubt about that, but holding elections is one way to start getting back to normal. In this case, we have a Democratic governor and a Democratic mayor. So let's extend the terms for seven (7) months. Bullshit!
This is ludicrous on its face, yet the bums in office are going to get away with it. If the voters of New Orleans retain Ray Nagin in office, they deserve him. If the voters of Louisiana retain Katherine Blanco in office, then we have lost our collective minds.
UPDATE: Whizbang did a great job of covering this story. Go here to see the analysis from a voter on the ground.
2 comments:
Pawpaw, why would you want to have an election in New Orleans when 95% of the Democratic voters are out of town or out of state?
Doesn't matter what we think because some federal judge when decide when to have the election.
OK, so my question is this: What part of what Constitution authorizes which critter to move the election? Or are we just making crap up as we go along?
The Democrats are blaming FEMA, saying the voting machines are ruined. Damn, imagine that, Democrats blaming FEMA. Like that's never happened before.
Why is this so hard? There's nothing keeping them from running off a bunch of paper ballots and handing out ink pens. Seemed to work pretty well in Iraq. It took them several weeks to count the Iraq constitutional vote. We can do this, it's not that hard.
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