Wednesday, 7 November 2007
Election Results
Last night kinda sucked. I didn't even bother watching the returns.
But there is some good news to take from the night. Republican incumbents Trey Grayson and Richie Farmer both won re-election by comfortable margins. That means the election was a referendum on Fletcher and not necessarily a pro-Democrat vote. That bodes well as we head into next year's congressional and presidential elections.
The best news of the night came out of Louisville. Where a referendum that would create a new 2% occupational tax to pay for the library system was crushed by a 2 to 1 margin. It is good to see that people in Jefferson County didn't fall for the "its all for the children" ploy and nixed the tax. It is a relief that my company and I are not going to be forced to pay for that gross money grab that the Mayor, the chamber, and other community leaders tried to foist upon us.
Update: The best part of the tax defeat was seeing the liberals in Louisville take a pounding at the ballot box. The Courier-Journal spent a lot of time and print trying to pimp this tax. They even ran a couple week long "What the Library Means to Me" series. It is fun to see that as much as liberals want to tax and spend that tired dogma doesn't fly with the vote
