Politics

Yes, “bigly” is a word.

September 28, 2016 by Ole Leave a Comment

Did Donald Trump say “bigly” or “big league” in Monday’s Presidential debate? I don’t know. I thought I heard “bigly”, but others believe he said “big league”. Reportedly, one of his sons confirmed that he said “big league”.

Either way, I have seen many posts on social media stating that “bigly” is not a word. Actually, it is.

I am not a grammar expert and don’t expect anyone to take the word of some random guy on the Internet, so here are a few sources:

Merriam-Webster – “bigly adverb”
Dictionary.com – “bigly, adverb”
Your Dictionary – “bigly Adverb”

This post is an endorsement of dictionaries. It is not an endorsement of any Presidential candidate.

People Actually Voted for Indicted State Senator Leland Yee Yesterday?

June 4, 2014 by Ole Leave a Comment

Notice anything odd about the Secretary of State election results from yesterday?

Check out who finished in third place with almost 10% of the statewide vote. Leland Yee. Why should you care?

Leland Yee dropped out of the race.
Leland Yee was indicted earlier this year after being “charged with conspiring to traffic in firearms and public corruption”.

Leland Yee’s indictment was a big story, and was difficult to miss if you watched or read any type of news at the time. Why was it such big news?

Political Corruption: Leland Yee (D) is a (now suspended) California State Senator from San Francisco.
Hypocrisy: Leland Yee is a gun control advocate.
Firepower: Firearms discussed in the criminal complaint include “shoulder fired missiles“.

Maybe all of the votes came from people in San Francisco who were just used to seeing his name on the ballot. Nope. Over 11,000 people voted for him in Riverside County alone.

When you exercise your right to vote, please research the candidates and the issues. Rather than voting for a person we know nothing about simply because there is an “R” or a “D” next to the candidate’s name, or voting for/against an issue based on the opinion of a commentator, radio host, political party, organization, family member or friend, we need to do our homework and make our own informed decisions.

Leland Yee got almost 290,000 votes yesterday. Really California?

The Vote is Finally Certified – Kevin Jeffries Wins

November 26, 2012 by Ole Leave a Comment

After weeks of counting, the Riverside Registrar of Voters posted the following on its website today:

The November 6, 2012 Election Results are certified. The deadline to request a recount is Monday, December 3.

The certified election results confirm that Kevin Jeffries defeated Bob Buster in the race for 1st District Supervisor of Riverside County. Assemblymember Jeffries, who is completing his third and final term in the CA State Assembly, declared victory over incumbent Bob Buster last week.

Here are the official results from the Registrar’s website:

County Supervisor, 1st Supervisorial District
202/202 100.00%

Vote Count Percent
KEVIN JEFFRIES 57,573 50.56%
BOB BUSTER 56,300 49.44%
Total 113,873 100.00%

Congratulations to Supervisor-Elect Jeffries. I expect that you will be hearing from me about the construction of “A” Street.

Good luck to outgoing Supervisor Bob Buster.

Campaign Signs or Flowers?

May 9, 2012 by Ole Leave a Comment

This is the corner of La Sierra and El Sobrante in Riverside. Although this particular picture doesn’t show them all, as of this afternoon I counted 28 campaign signs at this corner.