#6 My Vote counts in FL

Continuing on with things I like in Miami, I GET TO VOTE IN FLORIDA! Awesome.

I'm going to head down to the Miami City Hall on Saturday to vote early. Hooray!

However, I encourage all to check out their ballot in advance online. Check it out, the Florida ballot is mad long. Many of my friends live in the liberal utopias that are NYC/Brooklyn, Boston, LA, San Francisco, and Austin. Their usual gripe is that their vote doesn't count. However, I consider local government as important as getting Barack elected. I think about that everytime I'm riding in a bike lane in NYC or walking through one of it's gorgeous parks. The government CARES. In Miami, notsomuch. Recycling is a joke, parks are few and far between, I see no general concern for the environment, and don't even get me started on the lack of bike lanes. Thus, I am looking forward to voting locally and hopefully doing my little bit to make Miami better for all before departing home to Brooklyn. But who the hell are all of these people on the ballot? I decided to find out.

REPRESENTATIVE IN CONGRESS, DISTRICT 18
Good ole District 18. This race is between two females, hooray! Annette Taddeo (D) and
Ileana Ros-Lehtinen (R). At first glance, Annette's website is down. Bummer 4 days before the election. However, I did a little digging. Although there isn't much on Annette, she is a female business owner, and that is what I became over the past few months. BUT, get this! Despite being a Republican, Ileana seems to care about other people!! Ileana is a Cuban immigrant with Jewish roots. Although her environmental record could use some work, check this - she supports anti-hate crime laws, anti-discrimination bills, believes gays and lesbians should be allowed to serve openly in the armed forces, voted against the Federal Marriage Amendment, and is one of two Republican members of the LGBT congressional caucus.

Wizzle World readers, I will be voting for a Republican in District 18. Looks like she's been in office since the 80's and will most likely crush, but chalk one up for human rights.

REPRESENTATIVE IN CONGRESS, DISTRICT 20
Debbie Wasserman Schultz (D)
Margaret Hostetter (NPR - No Party Affiliation)

This also looks like a blow out in Debbie's favor. She seems like a nice New York transplant who supports both Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama. Margaret on the other hand is anti-gay marriage and pro-life. What is a bisexual woman has an unexpected pregnancy and 'chooses' life to raise the child with a female? Does that hurt your head as to what you think this woman should do, Margaret? Guess what, it shouldn't be your decision as to what said bisexual woman does with her pregnancy, nor should you be able to regulate who she opts to spend her life with.

Wizzle World Endorsement: Debbie Wasserman Schultz.

Ok, that's all for now. More tomorrow as I have to figure out the other South Florida politicians I'm voting for before Saturday! :)

xo

Amanda's new video is dedicated to Sarah Palin

AND it's called "Oasis." :)

I wish I had tickets to see Blur in November.

xo

For my touring friends

Well said, Katie Kay!  (Amanda Palmer's tour manager)

Still waiting for hippie grocery delivery.

So

Hungry.

xo

Another reason why I should manager a swimmer

http://gawker.com/5069852/michael-phelps-and-the-nerdy-endorsement-trap

Btw, I'm in Miami this week and have been slammed creating Whitesmith Entertainment with Keri.

But today's item I like about Miami can be short and sweet: the sky. It's freaking gorgeous and multi-colored. Paddy asked me if I was tripping once when I was describing the Miami sky. I wasn't, but it proves my point as to how stunning it is.

Meanwhile, I sit and work and wait for my Delicious Organics grocery delivery that is 6 HOURS late. Hippie company + Miami time seems to compound the general expected delay. Oh well, soon soon.

xo

I Don't Know How To Say This

But there are people my age voting for McCain/Palin.  WTF??????

I know I'm being a bit too idealistic/hippie/naive, but it scares the shit out of me.

I'm in a wedding in Wisconsin this weekend. I was ok with the fact that the other girls involved are married/planning families/into having traditional lives. However, I was truly appalled last night to find out that educated young women would consider not voting for Barack Obama and even worse, would be psyched to elect the Pro-Life Beauty Queen.

I could give a fuck how intellectually snobby I sound explaining to these 20-somethings that I have more foreign policy experience than Sarah Heath Palin. Extra worse, is that they countered my question of "So you'd be ok with Sarah Palin being President" by attempting to trash Barack. You didn't answer my question.

If you're so into the settling down and having kids BS, don't you give a shit about their future?

I really really really try to give midwesterners a good name in all of the cities I've lived in. But please don't perpetuate the horrendous stereotypes you already have by just plain being uninformed and responding like a crazy McCain rally type.

If McCain/Palin lose, maybe the pitbull will reconsider seceding from the US.

Love,

Emily White