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Sirkickyass said:
Is he using his own money for that? The publicly filed campaign finance documents indicate he only raised about $300 more than you. (In related news, I know where SalmonHobo lives now) :)

Also, why did Nelson Laboratories give him 2/3rds of his total funding?

Also, he didn't itemize any of how he paid for his signs so it appears his campaign fund has made a $1k net profit on the campaign.

Totally bizarre.
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Indeed, I was also surprised by his finance statement. I know he didn't spend any money on signs, because he's using the same ones that he's used the last two terms he ran. Don't even get me started about Nelson Labs... Also, isn't it interesting that he's walking away from the election with a thousand bucks in his pocket? That just doesn't seem right.
 
TroutBum said:
Indeed, I was also surprised by his finance statement. I know he didn't spend any money on signs, because he's using the same ones that he's used the last two terms he ran. Don't even get me started about Nelson Labs... Also, isn't it interesting that he's walking away from the election with a thousand bucks in his pocket? That just doesn't seem right.
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He is just gearing up for being in the Senate or in Congress, where you have to add a few zeroes to that total he would be walking away with.
 
TroutBum said:
A solid point, actually. I suppose my only rebuttal would be that I didn't start it. I only spoke up in defense of the accused. Granted I took the liberty of adding "idiots" which didn't help my case.
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Dude, you've got a lot to learn if you want to hold public office. Elected officials NEVER take accountability. You really suck at this.
 
catratcho said:
Dude, you've got a lot to learn if you want to hold public office. Elected officials NEVER take accountability. You really suck at this.
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And they never publish their real books. They always have 2 sets, the one nice set they publish to the public, and they have the "real" set where they show the $50K they really made. There is no way he only came away with 1K, get real.
 
JazzSpazz said:
And they never publish their real books. They always have 2 sets, the one nice set they publish to the public, and they have the "real" set where they show the $50K they really made. There is no way he only came away with 1K, get real.
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If this is true, then I'm pissed. I had to fork out $160.00 of my own bucks on Saturday. (to buy a lot of food and drink for a lot of people that didn't show up) I need to learn, yo.
 
TroutBum said:
If this is true, then I'm pissed. I had to fork out $160.00 of my own bucks on Saturday. (to buy a lot of food and drink for a lot of people that didn't show up) I need to learn, yo.
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Damn babysitting duties. Although I never committed.
 
TroutBum said:
If this is true, then I'm pissed. I had to fork out $160.00 of my own bucks on Saturday. (to buy a lot of food and drink for a lot of people that didn't show up) I need to learn, yo.
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I could come over and help put it to good use.

I've wondered how Nelson Labs gets totally insane exceptions to regular zoning, parking, and safety regulations. Now we know.
 
TroutBum said:
We'll see. My opponent has a crap-ton more money than I do and has pretty much gone around and put three or four signs up around every single one of mine. That is, the ones of mine that haven't been stolen over the past few weeks. I bought 50 double-sided regular signs, almost half of them have been stolen. When my FIL ran two years ago, he had 200 signs and didn't have more than five come up missing. Coincidence? I think not. My opponent isn't the one doing it, but I wouldn't put it past some of his supporters, i.e. his family members.

As is usual with politics (and I never really believed it until I got into it), he with the most money, wins. Platform/Beliefs/Past be damned. I'm certainly not throwing in the towel, but I am getting deflated with all of the BS that is going on.
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Better go get your signs at sundown Tuesday, put them under lock and key. Run three more times and you'll have as many signs as he does. . . .

Sounds like you have an opponent whose FIL is a honcho at Nelson Labs.

Shapes up to be a great "Battle of the Titans" of epic family dynasty proportions. Perfect drama for Utah. Can I publish a little fiction based on this plot?
 
Gameface said:
Good luck good sir!
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I came into town just to vote, but unfortunately I talked my wife outta buying a house in Trout's district two years ago, and I can't vote for him. I get to vote for a Vietnamese guy though.

That is a pretty catchy sig line you're sportin', Gameface. Just so I can look it up when I run for dogcatcher in West Valley City, I'm putting it into a more permanent record here:

If pit bulls are outlawed only outlaws will have pit bulls. --- Gameface, November 8, 2011
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Trout, you still have hope. Obviously the incumbent's gofers are worried. If the dinosaur has made enough enemies, you'll win by a landslide.

One thing I liked in Charlie's War was how he defeated an incumbent councilman in Nagodoches who had murdered his dog for digging up a flower bed by feeding it raw meat with shards of glass in it. Charlie had a farmerboy drivers license, and spent the day driving black folk to the polls, and telling them about his dog.
 
Today is the day, finally.

Win, lose, or draw, I'll be happy when 10:00pm rolls around. This has been light years harder and more stressful than I ever dared imagine.

Thank you all for your support via cash donations, kind words, emails, posts, poker games, etc.. If you look at my campaign finance statement, you'll see that the vast majority of my funding came from the people on this board. Words can't describe the feeling of knowing that I have that many innerweb friends, most of whom would probably punch me in the face if we ever met face to face. I love you all.

Now, get out and vote! (or call your friends/family who live in T-Ville)

T. T. Troutbum
 
TroutBum said:
Ya, that wasn't directed at you, I promise. It was mostly directed at my three brothers who no-showed or canceled five minutes before we were supposed to start.
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Go all cropped ears and bobbed tail on that sumbitch!!
 
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