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
