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Your thoughts on the election results?<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n I downloaded a sample ballot for my city. We had one contest for the Senate, and another for the House of Representatives, a couple of constitutional amendment proposals for the state constitution, and the rest of the options were for local offices.<\/p>\n Even though I knew the party affiliations of the candidates running for federal office, I still looked through their websites.<\/p>\n No party affiliation was listed for local candidates. But, there was a roundabout way to identify their leanings.<\/p>\n Candidates for mayor and city Council… If they appeared to buy into the “sea-level rise” canard, their names became toxic. Making it easier for people to start and operate a business via practical economic solutions? That got my vote.<\/p>\n Candidates for Board of Education… If they argued in favor of returning merit-based incentives like designating the valedictorian, allowing more leeway to give zeros for not submitting a homework, allowing for point penalizing for below standard work, etc., they got my vote.<\/p>\n One candidate’s comment regarding sea-level rise related problems… Clearing out canals. Now, if the sea levels are rising, and our city is looking at becoming a part of the sea floor, how exactly is clearing out canals, or more dredging operations, going to solve the problem?<\/p>\n Is that supposed to lower sea levels from the city?<\/p>\n Tragically, in this local area, as well as in local areas across the country, many low information voters go full NPC on important topics like this.<\/p>\n Sea-level “rise” isn’t the problem.<\/strong><\/p>\n The ground has a limited ability to naturally process rain water. Once the ground’s saturation\/absorb rate is reached, water starts ponding. Result? Water ponds above the ground, flooding occurs. This should be a bases for arguing for improving our drainage systems.<\/p>\n Then we have the issue involving high and low tide, but that’s an ongoing process.<\/p>\n The above photo is from Smithsonian Magazine<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"