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It’s 9am and the work rush is winding down at the polls. The polling places are a trip. The election judges worrying about whether there’s enough decaf or donuts. Some of the places are schools and then you have the principals freaking out about their teachers’ parking spaces. I witnessed one amusing sign dispute at a polling place that’s split between the 2nd and 25th Wards. The building engineer was tearing down all the signs on school property and chucking them in the dumpster. A guy working for 2nd Ward candidate David Askew bristled, called the State’s Attorney over, and got his signs back and put them up where they’d been. Meanwhile all the poll watchers are inside with their clipboards checking off the voters who they think have voted with them.
Medrano’s people are definitely working for Morfin. He has a good showing from his people. His candidacy has been a story in good luck and hard work, and I have a feeling he will run a strong second in this election. Padilla has no street operation to speak of. Juan Soliz has a lot of guys going around in trucks and plastering signs everywhere but no reps at the polling places.
Giles Morris
