I got my hair cut at lunchtime, then went and voted.
I have to admit, the temptation to just skip voting was great. To do it meant driving the car (which I hate doing), getting out in the rain (which I hate doing, and it was raining pretty hard at the time), and standing in line (which I hate more than anything). I’ll admit, I thought, “surely Steve Cohen will win handily – he’ll do fine even without my vote.”
In the end, though, I made myself do it. The thought of having Nikki Tinker represent me in Congress – or, more accurately, the thought of Nikki Tinker representing special interests in Congress while claiming to represent me – was too much to bear. I don’t want to be in any way responsible for that. So out in the rain I went, driving to a church at 538 Linden which was my designated polling place. Actually, my worst fear, standing in a long line, turned out to be unfounded. There was no line at all.
I do have to say, having the polling place way on the other side of Danny Thomas is extremely inconvenient for Downtowners who walk everywhere. Yeah I have a car and was able to get there, but many Downtowners don’t. Seems like there ought to be a voting location no more than 3 blocks from the trolley line.
Anyway, I voted. Did you?