Budget 4 All passed—even though I did not hold a “Vote YES for Question 5” sign on Election Night for 3 hours; my frozen toes sent me home after an hour-and-a-half. (Sometimes the world does very nicely, thank you, without my help!)
A wonderful moment that cold, cold night: Sonja Derai, a F/friend walked past.( Does anything in Somerville actually happen without Sonja?) Elizabeth Warren’s Somerville campaign manager, Sonja was checking in with her crew. And was pleased: “Yup,” Sonja declared. “The whole world’s singing ‘Kumbaya’ tonight.”
Here’s the thing: Sonja knows that Somerville ain’t the whole world.
Here’s another thing: Apparently Romney’s defeat came as a big, big shock to the people who actually believe Fox News.
Here’s the thing: The whole world could be singing ‘Kumbaya.’ OK, maybe not. How ’bout “People Get Ready”? Because no matter what bubble we’re living in, darlin’, we are in this together.
And in Iowa, we kept one of the judges up for retention; several of his colleagues had been punted after the gay marriage vote.
Thanks, Linda. “Kumbaya” in Iowa!
Here’a link re messing around with judges: http://www.slate.com/articles/news_and_politics/jurisprudence/2012/11/judicial_elections_in_2012_voters_rejected_the_politicization_of_the_courts.html