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On 10/2/01 3:02 PM, Ray Ubinger stuffed this in a bottle and set it adrift:

> Susan Hogarth asks:
> 
>> Does the Durham City Council have multiple-member districts?
> 
> It has one.  It *is* one seven-member district.

I thought it was a six-member council, with three at-large positions and
three Wards, and this race was for Ward 1....

>> Is that why you refer to the incumbent(s) as 'they' over and over in
>> the question about incumbent(s)?
> 
> Yes.  Jackie Wagstaff is not the only one of them who could win this
> seat (Ward 1).

She's the only *incumbent* in this race; isn't she? The question was about
the *incumbent* in the race you were running.

>> Do you expect to be taken as anything other than a perennial kook when
>> you use terms such as "Mayor Thought-Control" to refer to the
>> current administration?
> 
> Hey he called me a criminal first.  And at least my name-calling purports
> a reason.
> 
> Sometimes my big mouth is funny, sometimes it's embarrassing.  I feel
> fine about shooting it off this way this time.  Mayors who try to
> forcibly dictate what peaceful honest people can and can't say in
> public deserve nothing but rebuke for it.

And the answer to my question...?  ;-)
 
>> What does this text: "None that are municipal or nonpartisan. All
>> other tallies get falsified, so with them we can't be sure. [etc.]" have
>> to do with the subject header it is found under - "Offices Held"?
> 
> It's an explanation of why I think an enlightened answer depends on what
> kind of office is being asked about.

Eh? Jeezus; it's a simple question, Ray. Can't you give a simple answer?
Have you held any offices?

> For instance if I was the
> people's favorite citizen eligible for the office of County Commission
> '98 (they were never asked), I think that's tantamount to having earned
> it enough to say I held it.

???? Really? Doesn't reality have some bearing here?

> Your opinion may vary.  If so, you can even make it count in this
> race.  Presuming you become a registered Durham voter in time.

Not bloody likely. Too settled in Wake, sorry. The _Independent_ gave you a
nice clause in their writeup, I thought (right after they dismissed you as a
reasonable candidate).

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Susan Hogarth
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