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This year, all citizens in Colorado were mailed ballots. LOVE LOVE voting by mail. [NOTE: designated drop boxes are located throughout the County, if one wants save postage on the ballot return 🙂 Louisville’s [box] is at the local Police Station.]
registered Libertarian…but kinda all over the board this year with my vote.
voted: Libertarian twice, Republican thrice & Democrat 4 times (2 Democrats ran uncontested).
7 proposed tax increases in my town or County – voted them all down. I’m not against city programs – but after attending a council meeting last winter, sadly realized our City Board was inept at decision making. Squeaky wheel syndrome, loudest voice wins. Louisville’s population (& related tax revenues) continue to grow…but this Council requests even more $$s. My thought: expand our business district, support LOCAL proprietors. Council members should NOT draw a check – should be 100% voluntary positions…yep, even meals. Don’t like it, don’t run. Fix ‘County Road’ which directs traffic into our Downtown. Washed out by the 2013 Flood…yep, over 3 years ago. Golf course was fixed within months (with city tax dollars). ENOUGH!
Citizens vote to retain Judges. Information is available re: these individuals. EDUCATE yourself & choose accordingly. Colorado Court of Appeals – voted 2 YES, 8 NO.
Constitutional Amendments: Yes to 70/higher living wage to Coloradans. No to 71/makes it harder for citizen initiatives to make the Ballot. (Backlash from last election’s marijuana legalization.)
Propositions: Yes to 106/citizen right to Die (within 6 months of your expiration date). Yes to 107 & 108/allow all citizens to vote in Primaries. One-third of Coloradans are not registered with the national 2-party monopoly – so we are shut out from voting…but our tax dollars still fund this activity. Ridiculous.
It’s not HOW I voted, it’s THAT I voted.
Your voted ballot has been received and accepted by the Boulder County Elections. This is your final message this election. Thank you for voting!
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Next Tuesday (November 8th) is Election Day – VOTE!
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- HUGE fan of mail-in ballots
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- voted my conscious
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- all candidates spoke on NPR; refreshing to hear views outside of our country’s 2-party monopoly
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- incumbent Rep
Donald Trump Is Elected President in Stunning Repudiation of the Establishment
Donald John Trump was elected the 45th president of the United States on Tuesday in a stunning culmination of an explosive, populist and polarizing campaign that took relentless aim at the institutions and long-held ideals of American democracy.
The surprise outcome, defying late polls that showed Hillary Clinton with a modest but persistent edge, threatened convulsions throughout the country and the world, where skeptics had watched with alarm as Mr. Trump’s unvarnished overtures to disillusioned voters took hold.
The triumph for Mr. Trump, 70, a real estate developer-turned-reality television star with no government experience, was a powerful rejection of the establishment forces that had assembled against him, from the world of business to government, and the consensus they had forged on everything from trade to immigration.
The results amounted to a repudiation, not only of Mrs. Clinton, but of President Obama, whose legacy is suddenly imperiled. And it was a decisive demonstration of power by a largely overlooked coalition of mostly blue-collar white and working-class voters who felt that the promise of the United States had slipped their grasp amid decades of globalization and multiculturalism.
In Mr. Trump, a thrice-married Manhattanite who lives in a marble-wrapped three-story penthouse apartment on Fifth Avenue, they found an improbable champion.
“The forgotten men and women of our country will be forgotten no longer,” Mr. Trump told supporters around 3 a.m. on Wednesday at a rally in New York City, just after Mrs. Clinton called to concede….
Les Misérables – Do You Hear The People Sing?
Woke an hour before my alarm, puked…’slow start’ day. Pushed thru a tough run 3 days ago in Narragansett RI. Yesterday, my second round of ‘chemo-lite’. Mind, not as dark as last Tuesday night – but still struggling to Pollyanna my present situation.
4:30am, 42°F, dark. Shorts, long-sleeve tech shirt. Started walking. Legs woke, stomach settled. Started to jog. Last 5 miles ran comfortable, 9:14/min pace. 7 miles total. Today again I chose life. Moving forward.
We all have dreams. Paul’s dream was to hike the Appalachian Trail.
Last year, Paul passed away before he could make his dream reality. But that’s not the end of this story – it’s the beginning. He left behind three pairs of polished hiking boots and a backpack packed for his dream hike: the 2,189-mile Appalachian Trail. Paul’s wife, M’Lynn, had an idea for a final gift for her husband. “How good would it be,” she asked, “for his boots to make the journey even if Paul could not?”
M’Lynn’s simple plea launched an incredible journey. The hiking community responded and carried the boots the entire length of the Appalachian Trail. Paul’s Boots follows the boots and tells the stories of the people who carried them. This is the story of how we all help each other achieve dreams.
https://www.ducttapethenbeer.com/paulsboots/
Hiking documentaries, niche audience (at best) – for me however, these are some of the best in film. This flic features a trek, high on my bucket list – thru-hiking the Appalachian Trail, Georgia to Maine.
Watch the first 2 minutes & the last 5. You will start the day INSPIRED!
Run the Year Motto: Run, Crawl, Walk, Conquer, Dominate 2,016 miles in 2016
October 2016 update: Most consistent training & greatest # of miles logged all year – 222 miles total. After a disappointing DNF in Boulder, added 3 FINISHES to my marathon tally…including two last-minute race additions in Fort Collins & Nebraska.
2 month focus (November & December): FINISH STRONG
4 races to go, 2 each month – including an early December trail marathon in Death Valley Nat’l Park.
Race ReCap: another 3 marathon month – one in mountains (Cache la Poudre Canyon), one on the Plains (Oregon Trail Run of Nebraska) & one by the ocean (Ocean State Marathon in Narragansett RI).
Mileage ReCap: Back on track again, ended October at 1,673 miles (only 7 miles short of goal).
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- ended October at 1,673 miles
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- Milestone 1500
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- Milestone 1600
Run the Year – November Newsletter
Why is it so easy to focus on our short comings and failures, yet so difficult to step back and appreciate our strengths and accomplishments?
It may be human nature to be self critical, but November is the month to give thanks. November is the month to focus on everything we have instead of what we are missing.
This month give yourself a break from the negative voices in your head and instead focus on the positive. Rather than focus on how far you have to go, celebrate how far you have come. Take a moment each day to be thankful that you have the ability to get in miles, to move forward… You have done some amazing things this year and traveled a lot of miles. Take a moment to be proud and thankful for every one!
