Sitting here in Ill Annoy listening to the radio reports of intimidation, campaigning at polling places, "union" members "accompanying" voters into the booths to "help" them... and da mayor dismissing it as 'UFO stories' and 'of course they're going to say that'...

First thought was how little things have changed over the decades in this unhappy state... second thought was to wonder if da mayor plays Achaea. Darned if they don't just seem to keep coming up with more and more votes from not so many people... maybe da machine has an adjunct office for da mayors' recreational activities.

Bring out yer dead... bring out a new DHCP lease... bring out yer dead...

Glenlivet

Ya know, I hate how every time people discuss unions, it's only to talk about the corrupt ones. It really skews peoples' perception of what unions are supposed to be about, and we get the attitude that "union fat cats" are robbing America's poor beleaguered corporations of their honest earned money.

Recent elections have showcased that there is corruption in the process, which (I hope) surprises no one, but that doesn't make all unions bad, nor does it make them the only culprits.

Heh, good old Chicago.... "Vote early! Vote often!" ;-)

Folcwyn, former Ill and Annoyed resident

I've deleted my previous message becuase it's now well off-topic. I've taken it to This'N'That.

Cecco,
sorry; there had been discussion about the voting stats re: DR vs. Achaea in this topic... I just found the correlation between their rather startling vote count acceleration and the time tested and still continuing efforts of the chicago machine and its allies; it was really more intended to be a reflection on Achaea and its player's methods than anything else. I apologize for the diversion it caused.

Glenlivet, repentent Paladin