Poltical Happenings…
Voting Headaches
You heard it here first. Doris Anne Sandler told us this morning that while most of the testing went fine yesterday, there were problems with Washington and Decatur Township School Board ballots. She told us the machines could not read the ballots so now they will have to be hand counted. She expects thousands of ballots to be cast in the two races as they are the most contested school board races. Stay tuned.
Sex Offenders
An effort to put tougher penalties on sex offenders who come near schools or parks was postponed at Monday night’s city-county council meeting. Democrats failed to turn back a Republican effort to send a proposal back to committee that would fine sex offenders who come near parks or schools. Democrats said the measure was needed to protect children. Republicans argued the measure wasn’t tough enough and would be difficult to enforce.
This was a bad idea. Not because it cracked down on sex offenders, but it would be difficult to enforce. Who is going to spend all day writing tickets and looking for sex offenders in the park? And who is going to allow their child to be in a park unattended where a sex There are better ways to protect children from sex offenders.
Campaign Cash
The campaign finance reports are in. Democrat Melina Kennedy had more than $469,000 in cash on hand. Republican Carl Brizzi had more than $1.2 million.
