Local Elections: Complete Our Straw Poll
We are giving our bloggers an opportunity to participate in a "straw poll" for three elected offices that will be decided on September 5, 2006. The three are:
1. School Board-District 4
2. School Board-District 5
3. County Court Judge-2
Please click on the link below and register your vote for each of the above:
http://www.insitefulsurveys.com/Survey.asp?SI=427524611885
If we have success with this polling, we will do the same for those offices being contested in the November General Election.
Happy Voting!!!!
posted by Blog Master @ 9:46 PM
77 Comments:
This is a neat addition!!
Already someone can't stand the polling results and has managed to manipulate them.
We'll work on putting a stop to that.
We know who you are and are very disappointed in you!!
When will we know who won or is winning?
I'll be interested in getting to see how people vote. If it's like our regular elections, there probably will be low turnout.
why not go ahead and say who is crashing this blog?
Or should we just tune into his radio show at 4 and call?
who has a radio show at 4:00? CHip is on at 3:00 and John is on at 5:00.
I don't think John knows how to work a computer so......
well that answers that. Why would they want to get invloved? Which dog in these fights are theirs?
Gotta know. This should be good
Chip Morris's wife and Dave Alvarez's wife are sister's, does that qualify chip to have a dog in the fight? And you know "When mama ain't happy.....
Oh, this is going to be a fun election!
“STRAW POLL” RESULTS
We will post an update of the polling results on this thread on the following dates:
---August 5
---August 19
---September 3
Check back on the above dates to see how the straw poll is shaping up.
Blogmaster,
Your survey is not working.
Sorry, there was a temporary interruption for maintenance on the survey-server site.
Should now be back on line.
not working as of 8:47. Have tried several times....gotta vote out Crawford
Why? Crawford is a good guy.
good guy? Maybe. But Thurow will get things done on the school board. Good things.
somebody outta tell the blog that thurow is a full time employee of bradford county. how is he gonna attend any school functions in the daytime? work sessions budget workshops, conferences, negoiations, anything else.
well he'll probably do it the same way any other board member who actually has a REAL job does. This argument is nonsense and is coming from a very vunerable incumbent.
what would be of great interest to this blog would be for 200 Blogger to tell us why Crawford is the right candidate instead of asking these inane rhetorical questions. Why is Thurow not the candiadte?
I would like to know Mr. Thurow's position on FCAT.
If political signs are any indicator of level of support, then Sue Mosley is in good shape!
Yes she is.
Sue Mosley is in very good "shape" compared to Alvarez, just like a Coke bottle compared to a barrel!!!
I voted for the incumbents on the school board. Why change. they've done a good job.
Since no Parnell Townley to vote for, I went with my two other favorites Crawford and Mosley. Flipped a coin on the judge race and Landt won.
Saw that Alvarez thinks the solution to managing growth of new local schools is to work closer with Tallahassee. Good luck on that!! Doubt he will be much of an effective board member with that philosophy. Must "work with" Tallahassee but that isn't the solution---give me good old fashioned local solutions.
AMEN TO THAT!
Wait a minute. I thought Kelly is the big deal maker with the folks in Tallahassee. Is Alvarez saying that Kelly has been doing a sorry job? Sure seems like that's what he's saying.
Saw that Alverez wants to borrow a $100 mill and pay it back with sales tax money? Doesn't the half cent sunset in 2 or 3 years , what happens when the voters decide not to pass it again then how do we pay off Alveraz's debt? Maybe that explains why L3 /mycrodyne went bankrupt!
Smart business savy Dave!
I'm telling you the man is a Democrat!
Why would Kurt recruit a Democrat????
Anon writes...
Why would Kurt recruit a Democrat????
OH Please!
Kurt was so Jealous of Mosley he would have recruited Catholic Monkey if he thought he could have taught him to talk!
When will people stop being naive?
People are coming out of the woodwork that Kurt tried to get to run against Mosley ie: Pat Santospirtio from Ocala Palms, Pat Gabrial of the 200 coalition, Lori Hamilton but Alvarez was the only one Pompous enough to beleive that Kurt was a King Maker!
It's funny after reading the OSB yesterday it seems Kurt has only created a clone of himself, another fine example of why cloning is unacceptable behavior!
I wish Lori Hamilton would have run. She's HOT!
Good god. Can we keep looks out it?
Yeah but adding some humor around here, wouldn't it be funny if only attractive people could hold public office? "I'm sorry sir but you're simply too ugly to get elected."
Ron Crawford?
Sorry, I actually like the guy, and will probably vote for him, but the coke bottle glasses have got to go.
Sure vote for the guy who has the schools in hoc up to their you know what. In 4 more years he'll have us another 200 million behind in construction. But the home builders love him!
The home builders love many politicians--what's your point?
Good job. Thanks for offering thr opportunity to vote. Would be good to have straw polls on other items -- like whether we believe the star bananna.
So you think the Star-Banner doesn't always tell the truth?
Now that Kurt Kelly isn't busy running for office, do you think he's sitting at home fixing our straw poll? How many votes do you think he can get in against Mosely and Crawford?
You want to see a GREAT POST that says much about what a local parent is thinking?
Go to the thread on Townley vs. Kelly below and scroll down to a comment from “Mom 23”.
Hope all of the School Board candidates read this one!
Good comments by mom 23.
Missed the blog for awhile, but glad to add my vote to the poll.
All of a sudden I'm seeing many Thurow signs.
Thurow is really hustling. I'm impressed.
Hustling? thats why we should vote for him? Did't he hustle 2 years ago for county commission? Now he is hustling for schoolboard?
Give me a little more than he is a hustler!
Well let's see. Thurow is actually very interested in public service and is not afraid to work hard to earn a vote. He does not need the income from the job, he only seeks to make the schools a better place. The incumbent isn't doing anything, he expects your vote.
The incumbent has left over $100 million on the table for schools since he was elected. What else wrong could he possibly do?
From a previous post:
Moms posting is eloquent and right on target. My own 10 year old son has never once came home asking for a classroom “upgrade” or a new coat of paint for the restroom at his school. He asks for nice books for the school library, better hot dogs for lunch and a new set of markers for his teachers whiteboard. If my sons bedroom is any indication of preferences the existing schools actually look pretty good!
My son has asked me on numerous occasions, “Dad could you buy a telescope or maybe a computer for my science class, we don’t have this stuff.” I’m sure many of you have heard this same line of questioning. The point is that kids want to learn, they have deep desire to explore and create, unfortunately the resources are not always available. In many cases the resource is available it is more a matter of delivery to the students classroom. The school system needs dedicated leadership to adequately provide these opportunities and resources for our children. Our school system demands leadership who is keenly aware of what is needed in today’s learning environment.
In my opinion there are two distinct and completely separate issues for our school board members to embrace and execute. The first being the absolute commitment to providing a quality and challenging education for our children. This is job one. My philosophy is that the educators are the trained professionals and we must allow them to lead the way in instructing our children. The board is the support mechanism that should weigh the needs, costs and expectations and provide written policy for the administration to execute. We should then get out of the way and let the teachers teach.
Second is the physical plant and administration. This is more of the shadow of the teaching process. This is where the board should provide the educators with the needed resources for a superior educational experience. Fancy schools? No.
Buildings that are comfortable, cost effective and easily maintained. Maintenance seemingly always left out of the equation. The board must provide a high level of policy guidance here in order to deliver the product that is required. Not the product that some vendor or architect wants us to have. Fiscal oversight and restraint are the tools necessary for the sensible operation of the school system. Once again however the board must , after setting policy, get out of the way of administration and let them do their job. Meddling simply complicates the entire process.
The practice of public civility is paramount. The boards desire to place the needs of the community above their own political and personal agendas is the final component for a cohesive, energized and effective school board.
After all this isn’t about us, it’s about our children.
That last post was repost from a statement made by Thurow. It's a nice read and needed to be here again.
Just got out of a meeting with about 25 teachers. Thurow is their candidate!
"POLLING UPDATE"
Here is our update on the “Straw Poll” results as of this morning (137 voters):
SCHOOL BOARD-DISTRICT #5
Ron Crawford 49%
Joyce M. Romanski 12%
Christopher Thurow 39%
SCHOOL BOARD-DISTRICT #4
David Alvarez 42%
Sue Mosley 58%
COUNTY COURT JUDGE-2
Robert E. Landt 51%
Sarah Ritterhoff Williams 49%
(Next Update: August 19.)
SCHOOL BOARD DISTRICT 5 IS INTERESTING.
Let's say District 5 goes to a runoff. What happens in a Thurow-Crawford head to head race?
Crawford in a close one.
I agree. But may not have a runoff.
I'm sure the Blog Master will zip me for this but to vote over and over all you have to do is disable cookies or delete them. This vote means nada. Should've done it by your IP address, not completely perfect but better.
You think Crawford, who just barely won the last time, has the clout to win this thing outright in a threeway race? I'm not convinced.
Two Republicans versus a Libertarian; a year when you will have a definite turn out against incumbents; Romanski, who isn't very high profile, but who did teach most of the adult population of north Marion County; and a candidate in Thurow who seems to want this thing more than the other two (even if he won't go on Bobby D). I don't see anyone getting a majority in the primary.
I agree. I really didn't know about this Thurow guy until I came back from woking in Alabama. Cripes, his signs are evrywhere and I saw him out waving on SR 200. I also already got a mailer. Give him credit for working his tail off to get elected.
Ocalaslim,
Don’t worry, we addressed the multiple vote issue when we first started the poll. We get the IP addresses on a vote tally list generated at the Survey Website. We go through them and delete multiple votes every couple of days.
The vote is likely a pretty fair reflection of the sentiments of our bloggers.
Thanks for your concern. Glad to have you start blogging with us.
PS: Ocalaslim
We use good judgement in our review (deletion) of IP based multiple votes. Most are pretty obvious.
I stand corrected. Cool
Four years ago Ron Crawford was opposed by Jeff Carr, Jeff was an Asst. Principal a Democrat a veteren and endorsed heavily by every union in town and a really nice guy. The only problem Jeff had was that he was subservient to his wife who would not allow him to spend any money on his campaign!
And Ron still beat him! I think thurow needs to not rest so easy because he doesn't seem to have as much going for him a Jeff Carr did!
Mosley's the one who got the original complaint. The man would not tell her what the kids did but insisted she obtain a police report. Now, since she was the one who brought the report to Yancey, Kurt Kelly is blaming her for all of this. I ask you, who made the initial mistake by testifying on behalf of these criminals. Mosley or Kelly? Mosley went nuts when she found out about the gun on campus that Kelly covered up...OOPS, I mean didn't know about!
Sue had better watch her back. What will Kelly do to her next??!!
Kelly is very good at blaming others for his antics. The whole attack on Sue is nothing more than a "red herring."
He is using the technicality defense, "oh I shouldnt have testified, well it's not my fault, Sue shouldn't have brought this forward."
I used to think Kurt did this kind of thing on purpose, now I'm convinced he is just plain stupid.
I've come to realize that perhaps the most important elections, the ones that have the greatest potential impact on our day to day lives, are the judicial races.
I spent the evening at the African American Council candidate forum. Unfortunately, after listening to all these candidates, with few exceptions I really don't have a clue whom to vote for.
Landt v. Ritterhoff - I got nothing here. I hear good and bad on both of them. They're both great, they're both horrible. They're both qualified. They're both completely wrong for the job. I'm gonna keep watching this one.
Morley v. Wynn - Both seem like good people. Both seem qualified. Hmmm.
Scott v. Hyslop v. Hawkins - Wasn't impressed with Scott, but will his lack of speaking ability make him a bad judge? He's got a bajillion dollars and probably already has this won. Hyslop's already a county judge, therefore seemingly qualified, but he's from Brooksville and I have no idea if he's any good. Hawkins didn't have the experience of Hyslop, but she's a real life person with a great story.
Takac v. Gourley - Mike Takac is a genuinely good guy - at least that's the impression he leaves. Gourley's my stereotypical lawyer, but maybe that makes a decent judge. What to do?
Ask all the people who have been in front of Carven Angel with a slam dunk case and walked away losers scratching their heads. They'll tell you how important these races are.
LET'S PUT SOME THOUGHT INTO THIS!!!!
PLEASE!!!!!!!!
I agree, we really don't hear much about the judges. Maybe the blogman could find out more for us.
Takac will do a great job in my opinion. Lost last time around to Spivey. What a shame.
Ritterhoff v Landt
I was torn until I saw them speak.
Ritterhoff talked her way right out of my vote, she has a Know-it-all attitude and can do no wrong(similar to Kurt Kelly)! She is also extremely obnoxious! Landt all though equally as arrogant is a bit more humble and will ask for your vote unlike Sarah who finished up with "So vote for me"...
Gotta give it to Takac he is determined and really wants it! He deserves it!
Takac website:
http://www.takacforjudge.com/
He will get my vote too.
Bill Thompson's article this morning "Tossing the bums out only to get fresh bums" about Elizabeth Doran's run for Congress pretty much summed up everything wrong with the Republican party these days.
Not that Keller or any of the Dems in that race have anything better to offer.
Talk to people who have been in court with Tacak. He lost one case because he would not keep his mouth shut. By the way, he also lost to Carven Angel. I will; take Carven over Tacak anyday. Take another look at Gourley as an alternative.
In Re: Kelly etc:
"He is using the technicality defense, "oh I shouldnt have testified, well it's not my fault, Sue shouldn't have brought this forward."
My understanding from inside school headquarters is the probation officer brought it forward outraged at Kelly's interference, and called to get a spot on the agenda.
And I for one want to know what is happening in the schools. Remember Colombine? A loaded gun in the locker room, and Kurt is not worried and says Sue shouldn't have brought it forward? Probably no "safe" on the gun, so it drops and goes off and someone gets hurt. Would Kurt have gone to court for them then? And when has he said "I shouldn't have testified . . ."? All I have heard is I am a pastor first (pardon, I have to throw up).
And what about the others who testified it was okay for them to come back to school? How about their judgement. Read the OSB today: Bobby Bowden tells it right: there is more to life than football, and sincere faith starts in the heart. --pwf
Here is our update on the “Straw Poll” results as of August 19 (178 voters):
SCHOOL BOARD-DISTRICT #5
Ron Crawford 49%
Joyce M. Romanski 13%
Christopher Thurow 38%
SCHOOL BOARD-DISTRICT #4
David Alvarez 46%
Sue Mosley 54%
COUNTY COURT JUDGE-2
Robert E. Landt 52%
Sarah Ritterhoff Williams 48%
(Next Report—Final Poll results on September 3.)
Interesting, Alvarez has made some gains on Mosley since the last poll results.
To the guy who would take Angel -- you can not even spell Takac's name correct. It is obvious you don't have your facts straight.
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