Civic Duty

I am a nerd.  I admit it.  I have come to realize recently that I have become more interested in politics and that sort of thing than I ever was...ever.  Today, Lincoln was voting for a new mayor and a city council member (and a couple transit authority or something like that...I don't know about that one).  But, I found myself walking to the polling place after the Orkin man left.  Since when did I care enough about these things to walk about five blocks to vote on a day when no "major" office is up for grabs?  Apparently, I do now.  The walk was nice...and I got a sticker out of the deal.

I'm proud that I voted.  I think not enough people pay attention to what's going on in the world around them and that's how society has become the way it is now.  If more people gave a damn and walked the five blocks to their polling locations, maybe we wouldn't have so many idiots in charge of things they never should have been allowed to touch.  Anyway, if you didn't vote, you have no room to complain.  And, hey, you could have gotten a sticker!