This page will be our locus for shorter individual observations and thoughts through Election Day. Comments and reports from readers to keep this current are very welcome.
First things first: Vote R across the board with a credible exception being the Supervisor race where Independent Trevor Goodall is more R than the listed. What we don’t want is Maria Bribriesco who Dems have pinned their hopes on. For Judges do not hesitate to vote to retain David May. For the other retention votes we also recommend yes to Chicchelly, Langholz and Reidel. NO on Tabor and Buller.
Early voting in person is available Friday, Saturday and Monday.
Have wee mentioned we like in person voting and think vote by mail is the devil’s playground?
Friday, November 1
- Scott County Library, 200 N. 6th St., Eldridge, 9:00 am-3:00 pm
- Bettendorf Public Library, 2950 Learning Center Campus, Bettendorf, 9:30 am-3:30 pm
- Davenport Public Library, 6000 Eastern Ave., Davenport, 11:00 am-5:00 pm
- Davenport Public Library, 3000 N. Fairmount St., Davenport, 11:00 am-5:00 pm
- Scott County Administrative Center, 600 W. 4th St., Davenport, 8:00 am-4:30 pm
Saturday, November 2
- Scott County Administrative Center, 600 W. 4th St., Davenport, 9:00 am-5:00 pm
Monday, November 4
- Scott County Administrative Center, 600 W. 4th St., Davenport, 8:00 am-4:30 pm
Know that Election Day voting which we think vastly superior in integrity, security and good government compared to the vote-by-mail zeitgeist the Republican apparat is part of — polls are open 7:00 AM to 8:00 PM. Use your regular precinct voting location that day.
Rather than spend $$ we opted to revise a 2020 Trump yard sign. People get the point. Three doors up are a bunch of Demo signs.
As to the answer to the lead question ~~ howzit look in Scot County — hell if we know for sure, but driving around some what we see are more Democrat yard signs overall including Harris-Walz. They seem to be at the usual suspect’s domiciles and with a better spread than Republican signs.
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Barn mural in Scott County. Dramatic, lit at night. This guy didn’t need a yard sign he made his own
It seems Trump- Vance signs are either in short supply (except to purchase your own) or that Iowa is not a targeted state has resulted in fewer operatives making the rounds placing signs. Our own state legislative candidate Mike Vondran has done a good job of getting his signs out and we have not seen many for his opponent. For our “Trump” advertisement we resorted to recycling a marked up 2020 sign.
- The feminazis have had billboards up since spring decrying some evil men legislators and Supreme Court Justice May for protecting unborn baby girls. Not in exactly those words but given the knowledge of the chromosomes of the baby in utero, girl babies are more likely to be killed in sex selection
abortion, which ironically feminazis are indifferent to. They just like bloody solutions to problem pregnancies. It is part of the right to choose the abortion promoters want to instill, any reason, any time, with your tax dollars.* There have been one or two poorly placed pro-life billboards to counteract the anti-life sentiment. - As for broadcast media we do not listen to a lot of TV or streaming with commercials so others will have a better take. Same for social media — we don’t go there but do monitor the national takes available through Twitchy. What we have seen locally saddens us as Democrats seem to be doing more.
- The music radio station that is on constantly at work, does not have near the number of political ads running as in 2022 when on that station and elsewhere Dems ran on abortion in just about every ad and Scott County and the state of Iowa saw a red wave which did not materialize elsewhere in the country. Dobbs was handed down in June of 2022.
- That said, while Scott County did very well for Republicans in 2022, Scott County is still usually Blue for the presidency which can have coattails depending on the work ethic of the R’s running.
If the Republican “slate” meant ANYTHING to these rinos, they would have appointed Michele Darland to the vacancy on the Board of Supervisors left by the rino Knobbe.
Excellent point. They had a chance to install a qualified experienced Republican (Darland or another ) who came very close to knocking off Recorder Vargas and instead went for a superficial choice. They want slate voting to include themselves but refuse to support it for others.