tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8839412.post8551291569506010943..comments2024-03-19T07:48:54.021-06:00Comments on Gus Van Horn: No Clear Mandate, and Uber Survives (For Now)Gus Van Hornhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05126749051688217781noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8839412.post-294697621450605362020-11-06T05:39:13.119-06:002020-11-06T05:39:13.119-06:00So we should hope: Control of the Senate may depen...So we should hope: Control of the Senate may depend on two runoff elections in Georgia.Gus Van Hornhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05126749051688217781noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8839412.post-32705115814562692152020-11-05T13:53:19.038-06:002020-11-05T13:53:19.038-06:00I will say this for the election: It's given m...I will say this for the election: It's given my wife, who's currently studying the American constitutional system, a vivid example of the workings of the system.Snedcatnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8839412.post-22857946135235197412020-11-04T14:45:49.842-06:002020-11-04T14:45:49.842-06:00Florida's ballot initiatives were not as good ...Florida's ballot initiatives were not as good as California's. We will now have a $15/hr minimum wage by 2026 and a change to require TWO votes in separate elections to make changes to the constitution failed. Gus Van Hornhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05126749051688217781noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8839412.post-45710883863502067002020-11-04T14:07:21.089-06:002020-11-04T14:07:21.089-06:00You, Gus: Well, that's over. I knew I'd ha...You, Gus: Well, that's over. I knew I'd have buyer's remorse whichever way I voted, and all I'll say on that score is I wish for the days when I'd have been voting for James Madison. The wife is of course on tenterhooks hoping Trump wins, but this being California, I mostly wanted to have an impact on the propositions. There I'm pleased; the vote went my way on all but one (the one about parolee voting). Of course, the woman I voted for for the House only managed the best of her chances as a snowball in Death Valley and, natch, lost creditably, and I still have no idea if any of the people I voted for in the local elections won--I do hope the self-described "teacher/musician" and "preschool director/linguist" went down in flames, but in this area they're as feted as they are fetid.Snedcatnoreply@blogger.com