Trego's Mountain Ear

In case you missed it- or just want a refresher… Consolidated Polling increases the costs of voting in person, More about Uncontested Elections and Elections by Acclamation, That interesting error resulting in the hand count of the primary ballots, and the Omission of Section 7. Read more

I’ve noticed a meme – pick the subject (your liberties are, the earth is) not dying, they’re being killed by people with names and addresses.    My ability to vote against a candidate in this next election has been taken from me – by well meaning, well-regarded people. Taking my vote away (and yours) has not Read more

As October ended, the Lincoln Electric Cooperative controversy continued to grow.  On October 31, Hitting the High Points read:  “Now there’s a new rumor running around.  Lincoln Electric is supposed to be the target of a buy out and a takeover by private utility companies.  I can’t figure out exactly where this rumor got it’s Read more

Real Clear Politics has published a study evaluating national and state pollsters.  It’s the sort of thing that was never part of my job, but I am certainly pleased to see their work.  The study is at realclearpolitics.  While I’ve copied the table, I encourage everyone to click the link and read the whole thing.  Read more

I awakened after a dream where I engineered a clone of the Gardner Gun with flat aluminum plates for a frame, a drill press, and a tap and die set.  It would probably work well in 22 – but I really don’t have any use for one.  William Gardner designed it in the 1870’s as Read more

Snow on the ice shows most of the pond surfaces have shifted from liquid to solid.  The last single migratory duck has landed, swims on the open water, and will be headed south again.  The flocks of turkeys have made the shift from grasshoppers to seedheads.  Bambi and his mother graze in the front yard.  Read more