Comments on: How I Voted Today http://frontburner.dmagazine.com/2007/11/06/how-i-voted-today-2/ FrontBurner® has been called the best blog in Dallas (repeatedly), a snarky celebration of ignorance, and a daily conversation about Dallas among the editors of D Magazine. Fri, 10 Feb 2012 00:09:17 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: FrontBurner » Blog Archive » Inspector of Hides Now Inspecting Want Ads http://frontburner.dmagazine.com/2007/11/06/how-i-voted-today-2/comment-page-1/#comment-1616 FrontBurner » Blog Archive » Inspector of Hides Now Inspecting Want Ads Thu, 08 Nov 2007 17:09:27 +0000 http://frontburner.dmagazine.com/2007/11/06/how-i-voted-today-2/#comment-1616 [...] I know, I know. It's yet another post about Prop 10, the recently passed measure to abolish the constitutional authority of an inspector of hides and animals. I just want to thank DMN writer Eric Aasen for his mini-profile of the current inspector Jeff McMeans. Aasen gives a bit more background on the office than I have the past couple of days, including a Web site I wish I'd known about earlier so I could have given it more publicity: Votenoprop10.org. In particular, I love this part of the story, which is near the end of it, so, you know, spoiler alert: Mr. McMeans, 42, ran for county hide and animal inspector because he figured it would earn him name recognition if he were to run for another office someday. Some years, he faced opponents, including a magician. But Mr. McMeans never lost a race. [...] [...] I know, I know. It’s yet another post about Prop 10, the recently passed measure to abolish the constitutional authority of an inspector of hides and animals. I just want to thank DMN writer Eric Aasen for his mini-profile of the current inspector Jeff McMeans. Aasen gives a bit more background on the office than I have the past couple of days, including a Web site I wish I’d known about earlier so I could have given it more publicity: Votenoprop10.org. In particular, I love this part of the story, which is near the end of it, so, you know, spoiler alert: Mr. McMeans, 42, ran for county hide and animal inspector because he figured it would earn him name recognition if he were to run for another office someday. Some years, he faced opponents, including a magician. But Mr. McMeans never lost a race. [...]

]]> By: Tim Rogers http://frontburner.dmagazine.com/2007/11/06/how-i-voted-today-2/comment-page-1/#comment-1446 Tim Rogers Tue, 06 Nov 2007 17:05:51 +0000 http://frontburner.dmagazine.com/2007/11/06/how-i-voted-today-2/#comment-1446 My campaign woulda been: "You Can Run, But You Can't Hide." I'm sorry. My campaign woulda been: “You Can Run, But You Can’t Hide.”

I’m sorry.

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