Closeness of past primaries via Lee Becker's Scorecard

Dear Friends,

I probably don't need to remind you to vote on Tuesday.

It is quite possible several of the races will be decided by small
numbers of votes. In 2004, Chuck Horton defeated W.E. Wilkes for Post #4
on the Board of Commissioners by 62 votes, and Jim Luke defeated Johnny
Pritchett by 135 votes in the Post 1 contest. In the August runoff, Don
Norris defeated Liz Headley for Post #2 by 130 votes.

The final voting choices each of us makes in an election can be the
outcome of a complex weighting of assessments of the candidates and
their stands on issues. My list of important issues is not likely to be
exactly the same as yours. And my assessment of the better candidate on
any give issue is not likely to be exactly the same as yours either.

With that in mind, I've created a summary scorecard of actual votes of
the candidates for the Board of Commissioners with voting records on
issues that I have been involved with over the last several years. Many
of the issues are related to preservation of Barber Creek and
neighborhoods that lie on the Creek. I've also summarized a few
characteristics of all of the candidates from the public record.

The blog ends with my scorecard of the candidates on these issues.

Please go to http://www.oconeecountyobservations.blogspot.com/ for details.

Happy voting.

Lee

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