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November 3rd, 2009 at 10:08 am
Watch this tiger almost take a man right off an elephant and then go write my name in on the ballot.
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November 3rd, 2009 at 11:04 am
Highest turnout in north precincts is at St. Eugene’s.
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November 3rd, 2009 at 11:31 am
shiloh community center had good number of folks this morning!
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November 3rd, 2009 at 12:29 pm
Shadmarsh:
If I lived in Asheville, you’d get my vote because I want to see tigers roam the streets of Asheville.
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November 3rd, 2009 at 12:51 pm
Tim Peck!! Tim Peck!! Tim Peck!!
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November 3rd, 2009 at 1:22 pm
Over 100 voters haad voted at the North Asheville Community Center shortly before noon.
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November 3rd, 2009 at 1:35 pm
i’m with bobby. except they need to be trained tigers that only eat hippies and fake progressives.
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November 3rd, 2009 at 1:47 pm
Over 200 voters so far at Ira Jones Elementary. Beautiful day!
Turnout is weaker in west Asheville. Call all your people on the west side, and turn ‘em out.
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November 3rd, 2009 at 3:01 pm
faggot!
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November 3rd, 2009 at 3:06 pm
Gordon should have come out of the closet. The gay vote would have gotten him elected. Gordon, stop living a lie and come out!
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November 3rd, 2009 at 3:06 pm
BREAKING NEWS
Coleman won his appeal. Who feels like chaining themselves to that tree?
http://www.citizen-times.com/article/20091103/POLITICS/91103038
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November 3rd, 2009 at 4:02 pm
“As of 10 a.m., 2,957 voters had cast ballots in Buncombe County, elections Supervisor Trena Parker said. ”
From the AC-T
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November 3rd, 2009 at 4:09 pm
No predictions, just best wishes. Good luck Gordon!
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November 3rd, 2009 at 4:59 pm
@greenasheville: Congratulations, dipshit. You’ve been banned.
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November 3rd, 2009 at 5:18 pm
…and the BANHAMMER makes an appearance on Election Day!
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November 3rd, 2009 at 5:20 pm
Low turnout bodes well for Smith and Bothwell, because they had the most energized campaigns. An incumbent like Mumpower normally does receive a lot of votes through name recognition alone, but many of the not-so-engaged voters who just color in dots are probably staying home. Activist voters comprise a relatively large percentage in an off year such as this, and that benefits new faces and activist candidates.
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November 3rd, 2009 at 5:36 pm
I don’t think I can make it any clearer than this: We will not stand for anyone calling anyone a ‘faggot’. I don’t care what the context is. I don’t care if it was serious, or if it was merely an attempt at a stupid joke made by a stupid human being.
While we can’t stop greenasheville from using hate speech somewhere else, we do have some control here. We’ve tolerated this unbelievable douchenozzle’s immature and nonsensical ramblings long enough. It was a matter of time before he crossed the line.
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November 3rd, 2009 at 7:06 pm
Yay Admin!
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November 3rd, 2009 at 7:08 pm
This is late info, but 7,065 voters as of 2 p.m.
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November 3rd, 2009 at 7:12 pm
Yay Admin! BOOOOO! dipshit!
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November 3rd, 2009 at 7:18 pm
On the Parkside topic, isn’t it convenient for Coleman that the ruling comes down on election day?
Nobody had to take a stand on it during the campaign, so nobody got (her) prospects ruined by having (her) pro-developer stance dragged out for the voters to see. Now that the polls are closing, Mr. Coleman can watch to see who will get seated. If I’m him, I look at the $4 million I have invested in Parkside, I think about trying to recoup that one beer at a time at a tavern named after my adversaries, or I consider my other options…
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November 3rd, 2009 at 7:45 pm
From AC-T
“By 4 p.m., 9,303 voters had cast ballots today, said Parker. Including the 3,357 residents who voted early, that puts turnout at 20 percent so far.”
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November 3rd, 2009 at 8:27 pm
Between about 4:30 and 6:30 the turnout doubled at precinct 12 in West Asheville, from around 107 voters to about 216.
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November 3rd, 2009 at 8:35 pm
so far looking good Gordon! 25 out of 37 precincts reporting…
http://results.enr.clarityelections.com/NC/Buncombe/10963/18444/en/summary.html
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November 3rd, 2009 at 8:51 pm
As of 8:46 at the link provided by Sacious:
32 of 37 precincts reporting:
Esther Manheimer 19.26% 6,448
Gordon Smith 18.48% 6,188
Cecil Bothwell 17.28% 5,786
Carl Mumpower 13.91% 4,657
Write-In 13.63% 4,562
J. Neal Jackson 10.03% 3,357
Ryan D. Croft 7.41% 2,482
Up until a moment ago, “write-in” was ahead of Mumpower.
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November 3rd, 2009 at 8:58 pm
Another interesting nugget: go here, and you’ll see that all four “progressive” candidates cleaned up in early voting, with Gordon and Cecil doubling Mumpower’s total.
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November 3rd, 2009 at 9:06 pm
9:00 – 33 of 37 precincts:
Esther Manheimer 19.26% 6,450
Gordon Smith 18.48% 6,190
Cecil Bothwell 17.28% 5,788
Carl Mumpower 13.92% 4,661
Write-In 13.63% 4,566
J. Neal Jackson 10.03% 3,358
Ryan D. Croft 7.41% 2,483
total: 33,496
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November 3rd, 2009 at 9:33 pm
9:30 with 34 of 41
Gordon in 2nd with 18.47%.
You go Gordon!!!!!!!
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November 3rd, 2009 at 9:52 pm
Gordon Smith, City Councilman. It has a nice ring to it.
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November 3rd, 2009 at 9:54 pm
Gordon – so excited for you. I know you will do a good job! Wish I could be at Westville tonight.
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November 3rd, 2009 at 10:00 pm
congrats, gordon! get ready…!
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November 3rd, 2009 at 10:34 pm
Gordon – so sorry, I forgot. I still owe you $10.
As I said to both you & Cecil, if you won, I will have been your biggest supporter. Huzzah!
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November 4th, 2009 at 8:33 am
Did I miss anything?
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November 4th, 2009 at 9:30 am
You missed the ‘VIP Room’ at Gordon’s Election Night Party. I managed to slip in behind Veronika Gunter while the bouncer was looking the other way…
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November 4th, 2009 at 10:08 am
My cngrtltns t sthr, Grdn, nd Ccl.
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November 4th, 2009 at 11:06 am
I also missed being in the AC-T’s team picture, except for my arm on the right side of the photo.
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November 4th, 2009 at 11:07 am
Sorry Ralph, I hear that position has already been promised to Bobby Medford – apparently, he has an inside line on all those prison books…
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