How you should vote
This is the only voting advice that I’m going to offer this election season, and it has nothing to do with whether you should vote for this one or That One. Nope. If you live in Fulton County, there is a bond referendum on your ballot that will fund much needed improvements to the Atlanta-Fulton County Public Library System. The plan calls for eight new libraries, 2 expanded libraries, and renovation of 23 libraries, including a major expansion of the Auburn Avenue Research Library on African American Culture and History and significant funding towards a new Central Library downtown.
I just found out about it yesterday when a post card arrived in the mail. The library’s web site explains the situation and Director John Szabo’s closing thoughts pretty much sum up why you should support the referendum:
Thank you for your support of our libraries and for your commitment to literacy and lifelong learning through public library service.
My name is Tim, and I approve this message.
October 22, 2008 1:25 pm 2 Comments
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By Dr J, October 22, 2008 @ 10:03 pm
I like David Sedaris’s advice this voting season. In regard to those undecided voters he writes:
“I look at these people and can’t quite believe that they exist. Are they professional actors? I wonder. Or are they simply laymen who want a lot of attention?
To put them in perspective, I think of being on an airplane. The flight attendant comes down the aisle with her food cart and, eventually, parks it beside my seat. ‘Can I interest you in the chicken?’ she asks. ‘Or would you prefer the platter of shit with bits of broken glass in it?’
To be undecided in this election is to pause for a moment and then ask how the chicken is cooked.”
http://www.newyorker.com/humor/2008/10/27/081027sh_shouts_sedaris
By Tim, October 23, 2008 @ 5:00 pm
Stay awesome, Dr J. And David Sedaris.