November 9, 2006

• We Won! …Mostly

  Finally! It feels real good to be on the winning side for
  once. Virginia went to Webb, and Virginia-8 went to Moran. Although,
  not everything was won…

  First, let’s sum up the (unofficial) results:

  VA Senate Seat	Statewide	Arlington County
  Webb (D)	1,175,018 (49.59%)	53,010 (72.54%)
  Allen (R-Inc)	1,166,077 (49.21%)	19,199 (26.27%)
  VA-8 House Seat	District	Arlington County
  Moran (D-Inc)	144,552 (65.67%)	49,571 (68.42%)
  Odonoghue (R)	69,002 (31.35%)	20,166 (27.83%)

  However, many other people or propositions
  I voted for went the opposite way. So it wasn’t perfect.

  One thing I was rather surprised about… The first
  proposition was to add an amendment to the Virginia State Constitution
  that defined marriage as a union between a man and a woman. Now…
  Virginia already does not recognize same-sex marriages, so why the
  hell do we need an amendment stating this? Hell, we
  have two wars going on, increasing encroachment on minorities’ civil
  liberties, and my bills keep going up–why the hell should I care about
  what people define marriage as? You know, I’m gonna keep voting shit
  like that down just on principle… against using gay marriage as a
  scare tactic.

  ‘Course I never got why gay marriage was supposed to be
  scary… But that’s another issue. Here’s the results on this
  issue:

  Proposition #1	Statewide	Arlington County	Crystal City
  YES	1,327,783 (57.09%)	18,770 (26.19%)	471 (32.0%)
  NO	998,180 (42.91%)	52,908 (73.81%)	1000 (68.0%)

  Don’t fret too much, though… Being a constitutional
  amendment proposition, (I believe that) it requires more than just a
  simple majority to pass.

  Oh, and I voted Republican for one candidate: McMenamin over
  Zimmerman for Arlington County Board Chairman. Before some other
  Democrats give me flak for that, I’m really not in the mood to be
  paying higher taxes, or higher rent due to higher property taxes, or
  anything along those lines. Regardless, McMenamin lost pretty badly
  (and most of the local county propositions that will end up resulting
  in higher taxes passed…). Eh, but that won’t get me down.

  And as if things couldn’t get better, another high-ranking and much-criticized figure resigned.

  I’ll quit with this for now. I don’t give political
  commentary, I just offer anything first-hand that I can. Check Arlington
  County News if you want a full list of results. KF

  • 9:23 pm
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