Emily Litella said it a different way, but the point is that same. There's a lot of funny commentary going on out there.
I think it’s time to employ my favorite column overture one more time. Good grief, people! Get a grip! It was just a presidential election. By the sound of some your Patch voices, you’d a thunk they just cancelled Here Comes Honey Boo Boo. We’ll start with the pro-president folks who, even though in the vast Geneva minority, were equally as annoying as the haters. Yes! I too was happy the president prevailed, but only because obstructionism should never be rewarded and four more years threw a slew of reality-challenged folks into complete conniptions. But you can dispense with all the “praise Gods” and blessing the president stuff because, rest assured, the Big Guy doesn’t have time for presidential politics. He’s far too busy rooting for …
Eagle Brook and Mill Creek folks favored Gov. Mitt Romney in Tuesday's General Election; Geneva East residents liked President Barack Obama.
Geneva was for Romney in Tuesday's presidential election, but who we voted for varied drastically from neighborhood to neighborhood. Gov. Mitt Romney was the decided winner in Geneva Township's 21 precincts, capturing 7,950 votes to President Barack Obama's 5,938 votes. That translates to a 55.94 percent for Romney and 41.78 percent for Obama, of the 14,211 Geneva Township ballots cast in the presidential race. About 2.3 percent of Geneva Township voters cast ballots for other candidates. Of the township's 21 precincts, six favored Obama and 15 gave the edge to Romney, according to election results posted on the Kane County Clerk's Office website. Romney's biggest margin of victory was in Geneva's Precinct 19, located in the Eagle Brook …
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12:05 pm on Saturday, November 10, 2012
Interesting.....I believe Kane county went Obama? Assuming most people voted according to their political affiliation then I'm a bit surprised by these results. I had always figured that Kane county and the city of Geneva was much more red?? I've heard that the outlying communites are blueing up??? Anyone know if that is in fact the trend for Kane and Geneva???? I think there were at least four … more ›
As Election Day approaches, let's take our final sample of Geneva voters.
Mike Bruno
10:44 am on Thursday, November 15, 2012
I am a fan of BBQ! :-) more ›