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Who Runs Our Elections and How Safe Actually are They?
Sorry here are the Board of Sups numbers. 100,000 votes in this race. Seems low to me but maybe not. Board of Supervisors District 4 Votes % of Votes Ron Roberts 57096 57.31% Stephen Whitburn 42537 42.69% 100.0% Precincts Reporting— November 3, 2010 5:37 p.m.
Who Runs Our Elections and How Safe Actually are They?
http://www.sandiego6.com/content/news/election/de… I like to look at the results a bit to see if anything seems off so please feel free to comment and correct me because its really confusing as to who in SD votes for what but I am trying to get an idea of a race I can compare the Supervisors race to to see if the numbers seem right. Seems like the same people voting for SD County Sup would be voting for these props? Am I correct? I could be totally wrong so bare w/ me here.... OK some things I find interesting about these numbers: Prop C is a Prop no one had even heard of. Even the papers were touting it as "low-key" C because of the non-campaign to promote it (which I believe was so there would be no organized opposition) Anyway this rather tiny Prop got alot of votes. I find it odd that Prop C which was really about expanding tract home growth in a small 1900 home community received 233,460 votes....70% positive for the developer Pardee Homes. So I am still not sure if people that voted for other Sup races had these Propositions listed below so if anyone lives in a diff Supervisor area and can tell me if C, D, or J were on their ballots that would be really helpful. Thanks! Only 100,000 people voted for Supervisor between Whitburn and Roberts which seems quite low but I dont know enough to say that w/ certainty. Prop J SD Unified School District Parcel Tax Votes % of Votes No 94783 50.15% Yes 94215 49.85% 100.0% Precincts Reporting Total: 188,998 Prop C Pacific Highlands Ranch Development Votes % of Votes Yes 164097 70.29% No 69363 29.71% 100.0% Precincts Reporting Total: 233,460 Prop D City of San Diego 1/2 Cent Sales Tax Increase Votes % of Votes No 160154 62.05% Yes 97950 37.95% 100.0% Precincts Reporting Total: 258,104 Here is County Wide Governor Meg Whitman 329506 50.47% Edmund G. Brown 286095 43.82% total 615,601— November 3, 2010 5:33 p.m.
Who Runs Our Elections and How Safe Actually are They?
@Founder, unfortunately Seiler who gets to structure our elections has structured it in a way that there are no real checks and balances. It is the "just trust me" approach. Check out the link to this group. They were specifically complaining that the process has NO checks or balances. And we cant demand a recount unless the election is w/in 1 % point. http://www.psephos-us.org/Documents/Psephos_Respo…— November 3, 2010 4:29 p.m.
Who Runs Our Elections and How Safe Actually are They?
jbjd: Thank you for cross-posting!!! Like I said if can raise enough awareness we can demand Seiler and Vu be fired and the process restructured before 2012. This is SO important. I hope people will do their own investigating so we can put the big picture together.....together:)— November 3, 2010 4:26 p.m.
Who Runs Our Elections and How Safe Actually are They?
So I will be the squeaky wheel on this issue and keep playing this broken record as more and more and more evidence surfaces until someone listens. Luckily, we have the OB Rag and the North County Times and even City Beat sounding alarms. We just have to stay on them.— November 3, 2010 4:17 p.m.
Who Runs Our Elections and How Safe Actually are They?
I tried so hard to get Aguirre to see this before they booted him but he wouldnt listen he was still under the impression that the election was "an election". I do not believe the citizens voted for a strong mayor if for no other reason we would not vote to spend a million dollars to create a new council seat and Sanders isnt exactly popular. I dont believe Aguirre lost. There was too much at stake and they needed Aguirre out. Sure there were people that didnt like him and didnt vote for him but Goldsmith was no prize and people knew that. He was a hardcore, corrupt politician w/ a sliver of support in the polls.....less than 20%. So, I can say w/ the utmost certainty that the last 2 elections were rigged in some way or another. Plus the turnout was anemically low which made no sense in a year w/ such big ticket items. 3 times as many people voted for mayor in the infamous Donna Frye debaucle. They could not risk that sort of public victory again so they hired Seiler and Vu.— November 3, 2010 4:15 p.m.
Who Runs Our Elections and How Safe Actually are They?
azr: thanks!!! Please dont go away!!! I love all your posts. I think if we raise awareness hopefully the citizens will demand Seiler leave and our elections be restructured. The 1 thing I am hoping is that this big win for Roberts and Bill Horn is so beyond obvious fraud that people will demand answers. There is no way in this political climate that these Sups are so popular they are being elected to serve lifetime positions as dictators. Obviously we see the circle. The Sups hires the registrar that makes sure the Sups are re-elected. They need her and she needs them. I love that the OB Rag is on it. It would be great if we could investigate what Seiler's pension plan is. Im sure it ridiculous like the others but it would still be good to see. They have to keep her very motivated to keep her job w/ some sort of golden carrot. I'd like to see some investigative reporting on Seiler's finances like does she own a home and how much did she pay for it, etc. Lets see if any reporters have the ball$ to do it.— November 3, 2010 4:07 p.m.
South Park's Granny Flats — City Says Yea, Some Citizens Say Nay
brilliant ##40— November 3, 2010 4 p.m.
"Geo-Engineering II" -- 11/03/10 at Fleet Science Center
http://www.sandiegoreader.com/weblogs/ive-got-iss… Here is something I wrote in the Reader last April regarding the subject of chem-trails and geo-engineering. I knew it was a stretch for people but I think it is something we need to look at and see if it is in fact happening w/o our consent. "One patent obtained by National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) US3813875 uses barium to create ion clouds in the upper atmosphere. In 1991, Hughes Aircraft obtained patent US5003186, to seed greenhouse gas layers with tiny particles which include "oxides of metal , e.g., aluminum oxide."— November 3, 2010 2:31 p.m.
"Geo-Engineering II" -- 11/03/10 at Fleet Science Center
Wow!!! Bravo for addressing this issue. Did you know San Diego was the site of a National Geo-engineering conference (I believe it was this last February or March). Only 1 media source covered it, the Idaho Observer of all papers. Obama has said he welcomes geo-engineering w/ open arms and China has been doing it for years. Personally, I think they are doing it particularly over the ocean. Hughes aircraft here in SD is 1 of the many companies w/ patents on it.— November 3, 2010 2:28 p.m.