G.R.I.T.'s Main Election Page (with links to previous elections)
Discuss candidates, issues on our discussion forum
- "Flower Power"
- Hiding Signs: Stepping up for election doesn't entitle you to molest your opponent's sign. In fact, it's against the law.
- G.R.I.T. Editorial: "Drivstuen's Drivel" (our reponse to Rusty Drivstuen's audacious 10/29/03 Letter to the Editor of the Monroe Monitor)
- Webpages for each candidate (updated 10-8-02): Mayor: Rowe, Tolson; Council: Boyd (Boucher), Dick, Flower, Opsal
Remember
the 60's flower power, when the intolerant, if effective, anti-government
and anti-war protestors were advocating everyone should think only as
they did? The same sort of intolerance in Sultan seems to be represented
in this "Power by Flower" sign.
Although we tend to agree with the sentiment that every voter should
exercise their right to vote, does this rather heavy-handed sentiment
posted by Candidate Jim Flower infer that folks who don't vote
shouldn't be represented? (What's truly weird about this sign is
that Jim Flower has crafted both his smaller signs and his great big sign
to look as if they belong to John Dick. Why would he do that?)
The sign below contrasts rather starkly, we think, to the one above, The positive promise printed on John Dick's signs (below) that read: "I will work hard for Sultan," to us, at least, seems what Sultan needs to help stabilize the council.
Ah-h-h-h, it looks as if it's going to be another lo-o-o-ng election, folks. (If you don't believe me, pick up the latest Valley Review (Vol. I, Issue 11 dated 9/19/03) at the Sultan Bakery or the True Value Hardware store. This "news" paper, which, after initial stabs at trying to appear to remain somehwat objective, we are now forced to admit is just another bird cage liner, due to their irresponsibly skewed coverage of the candidates. We were hoping, based on the positive actions by Editor Brady's dad Ed Boucher in doing a bang-up job of hosting the Chamber's candidate forum at his Dutch Cup Restaurant, that the "news" paper could maintain at least a semblance of objectivity. Unfortunately....NOT!)
TAKE A CLOSER LOOK: Same ol', same ol': The 2003 election didn't change much from 1999, when Rowe's supporters and running mates "disappeared" Carolyn Eslick's signs when she was a council member running for mayor. Yet, when viewing the photo below -- which was taken on Main Street, a virtual "Rowe Row," , if looks as if the Bad ol' Boys were playing fair. But take a CLOSER LOOK HERE
