Sunday, October 24, 2010

One Lawn, Undivided

In the spirit of pre-election bipartisanship, I had to stop to take a "happy snap" of this lawn on Carriage Drive when I walked past it this afternoon.

Pardon my iPhone and its lack of zoom capability, but the sign in the background is for Eileen Donoghue (D-Lowell), candidate for the 1st Middlesex Senate District.

The picture in the foreground is for Jon Golnik (R-Carlisle), candidate for the U.S. 5th Congressional District of MA.

Just as is the case with a region, ethnic group, interest group, or any other constituency, a household open-minded enough to consider "split voting" deserves the attention of BOTH major parties in future elections.
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5 comments:

  1. ReneeOctober 24, 2010 at 4:09 PM

    It's between spouses I bet.

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  2. The New EnglanderOctober 25, 2010 at 10:20 AM

    Renee -- good call. I figure either it's that, or maybe it's just someone who personally knows and likes their neighbor, Eileen Donoghue, but also supports Golnik for the Congressional race.

    Either way, I like the spirit!

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  3. The New EnglanderOctober 25, 2010 at 10:20 AM

    Renee -- good call. I figure either it's that, or maybe it's just someone who personally knows and likes their neighbor, Eileen Donoghue, but also supports Golnik for the Congressional race.

    Either way, I like the spirit!

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  4. C R KriegerOctober 25, 2010 at 8:40 PM

    I would say delete comment number 3, but YMMD.

    There is a similar situation down Andover, toward the City Line.  In this case it is a bachelor, but it shows the power of retail politics.  Eileen Donoghue asked.  Asking, she got her sign on the front lawn along with several Republicans.

    I know because I asked.

    Regards  —  Cliff

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  5. The New EnglanderOctober 26, 2010 at 11:19 AM

    Cliff,

    You're testing the limits of my technological capabilities here...I couldn't fiure out why my response to Renee posted twice, and don't seem to have a *delete* option for either. Oh, well.

    Glad to hear the story behind similar bipartisan lawns. It's great to hear that such a simple, straightforward approach (asking) can yield something like that.

    To me, it says great things about Eileen Donoghue that the people she asked have a high enough opinion of her personally that they are willing to cross party lines and show support for her in the 1st Middlesex Senate race.

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