Disappointing day

They gave an election today and, guess what -- the developers won! Yes, I had a righteous good friend running in the primary, but today was not a good day for mavericks. She lost, as did a couple of others. Too bad.

May I say that our newspaper did its part? At no point did I read in its pages just how I, as an independent, non-affiliated voter, could take part in this all important local primary election. Mind you, I have always been reasonably savvy politically. Yet I didn't know until my buddy told me that I could march into the polling place and simply ask for a ballot for any party (4 of 'em, it turns out). Important in Yavapai County, since most all of the local Republicans are running quite unopposed in the big November election.

I even stuck my neck out and wrote a brief letter-to-the-editor to that effect. Of course, it was not published. I'm left wondering just how many voters in our county really, really want more government by good ole boys and would have voted against them if they had known how to do it. I don't have that much against good ole boys -- except when they turn out to be the usual purveyors of more rooftops and more retail.

Apologia: When I started Walking Prescott, one of my promises to myself was to stay out of politics. The Internet and the blogosphere is stuffed full of politics and adding my voice to all that shrill cacophony didn't sound particularly promising. Still doesn't. I should have my cool back in a day or so.