Once again, I am quite disheartened to find that Chongo has not been elected to any public office in my part of the Northeast.

Mind you, I did my part. Even though the elections here were local, and would not have made much of a dent in the overall balance of power, I subscribed to that old adage, "Vote early, vote often!"

But, even though I sent in hundreds of write-in votes, my candidate of choice was an also-ran.

Our electoral system is broken, and needs fixin'. Chongo should have been up there, head and hirsute shoulders above the rest, and been a landslide winner. The sad fact is that too many people (at least in my neck of the woods) want to preserve the status quo.

Chongo (diaper notwithstanding) would have been a breath of fresh air amid the foul miasma of Politics As Usual.

When, oh when will America wake up??


Jay