Life in the Land of Dreamy Dreams

It was a quiet week around here, blog-wise, because it was anything but quiet, life-wise. I’ll catch up on all that later, because it deserves its own entry, but the runoff election was on Saturday, and I’ve gotten really disgusted with the coverage, so I’m gonna rant about that first.

 First off, I want to say that, generally speaking, the good guys won. These are people who are trying to reform, and seem genuinely interested in change. Just to clarify: this is why I consider them “good guys.”

So it’s infuriating that all the local media is focusing on is race. The whites have “taken control” of the City Council with a 4-3 majority. They’ve “seized” several positions around the city. It’s absurd.

The Council race pitted one (white) ex-council member against a current (black) council member who represents the East.

Honestly, I wasn’t thrilled with either candidate, but had to grimace and vote for the white chick.  Despite what the media will tell you, it wasn’t because Cynthia’s black, but because she’s so busy trying to cover her own ass that I just can’t trust her judgement. Her constituency in the East is an obvious candidate for redistricting and she’s doing anything she can to keep her hand in the pot, including encouraging people to move into unsafe areas.

I also voted for the white chick for judge. No big mystery: the black chick simply had about 1/3 the experience.

 There, that’s my little confession.

The thing that baffles me, though- and is driving Charlie bats, btw- is that there hasn’t been a big piece about Jalila Jefferson-Bullock’s defeat by Cheryl Grey. Maybe because they’re both black so it doesn’t fit the theme?

 Jalila doesn’t seem a bad person, really. But she does come with a complete set of luggage, plus a refrigerator or two. She’s Dollar Bill’s daughter, and despite having his enormous political machine behind her she lost by a 2-1 margin.

This is huge. Nearly unimaginable- and yet there hasn’t been a single big story focusing on this, and it really is a ‘big picture’ issue. 

Is it actually possible that the voters are getting beyond race- beyond legacy, even- and voting with their heads? Well, I don’t want to get my hopes too high, but there’s always hope, no?

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