Slog - Comments on Ding Ding Ding! We Have a Winner! http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/08/ding_ding_ding_we_have_a_winner It's official: only three people have read The Stranger Election Control Board's 2008 endorsements. Halfway through the endorsements, buried in the text for the oh-so-exciting Attorney General race, we wrote: McKenna's Democratic opponent, Pierce County Executive John Ladenburg, is a funny, smart, savvy politician with a strong environmental record. As a county executive, he worked hard to clean up illegal dumps and junk cars, earning the endorsement of the überliberal Sierra Club despite his support for the controversial Cross-Base Highway across Fort Lewis and McChord Air Force Base. (To see if anyone actually read this far, The Stranger is proud... Copyright 2008 Thu, 07 Aug 2008 16:50:03 -0800 Fri, 08 Aug 2008 10:10:07 -0800 http://www.movabletype.org/?v=3.34 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Comment by Murgen Now, now, just because we didn't email you doesn't mean we didn't read all the way through, (including the bizarre Kollin Min endorsement), it just means that by the time we got there, you had already posted the update that you'd received the response that won the prize . . .

]]> Murgen http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/08/ding_ding_ding_we_have_a_winner#c1095266 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/08/ding_ding_ding_we_have_a_winner#c1095266 Housekeeping Thu, 07 Aug 2008 16:56:03 -0800 Comment by James Correction: only 3 people have e-mailed you. When I read it, you'd already posted that the prize had been claimed.

]]> James http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/08/ding_ding_ding_we_have_a_winner#c1095268 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/08/ding_ding_ding_we_have_a_winner#c1095268 Housekeeping Thu, 07 Aug 2008 16:58:00 -0800 Comment by Wait a minute! I got my ballot last week. You guys are fucking late and I've been waiting for you!

Getting started reading it now...

]]> Wait a minute! http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/08/ding_ding_ding_we_have_a_winner#c1095280 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/08/ding_ding_ding_we_have_a_winner#c1095280 Housekeeping Thu, 07 Aug 2008 17:13:50 -0800 Comment by Greg Jesus Christ, it's only Thursday. Your paper didn't even hit the stands at the BH Red Apple until today, and I'm not voting until tonight. Give it a little time, okay?

]]> Greg http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/08/ding_ding_ding_we_have_a_winner#c1095283 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/08/ding_ding_ding_we_have_a_winner#c1095283 Housekeeping Thu, 07 Aug 2008 17:16:17 -0800 Comment by Mike in MO this is why I love The Stranger.

]]> Mike in MO http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/08/ding_ding_ding_we_have_a_winner#c1095285 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/08/ding_ding_ding_we_have_a_winner#c1095285 Housekeeping Thu, 07 Aug 2008 17:17:12 -0800 Comment by Sam M. @2: Same. I was about to send compliments about how well the guide had been written and how it'd kept my interest, but after that point, I gave up.

]]> Sam M. http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/08/ding_ding_ding_we_have_a_winner#c1095286 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/08/ding_ding_ding_we_have_a_winner#c1095286 Housekeeping Thu, 07 Aug 2008 17:18:14 -0800 Comment by Dan Savage Actually, we got about a hundred responses. I only forwarded three to Jonah. The email was bouncing to me, and I've been responding to people who didn't win. Which is... everyone else.

]]> Dan Savage http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/08/ding_ding_ding_we_have_a_winner#c1095314 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/08/ding_ding_ding_we_have_a_winner#c1095314 Housekeeping Thu, 07 Aug 2008 17:43:59 -0800 Comment by Abby Damn it. I was going to send it in this morning when I got into my cube-thing, but then my computer decided to hate me so I forgot. Oh well.

]]> Abby http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/08/ding_ding_ding_we_have_a_winner#c1095334 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/08/ding_ding_ding_we_have_a_winner#c1095334 Housekeeping Thu, 07 Aug 2008 18:03:09 -0800 Comment by K Not fair... I read down to the freaking' superior court judges! And I left a comment about it which proves it.

I just couldn't care the frick less about the attorney general candidates.

]]> K http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/08/ding_ding_ding_we_have_a_winner#c1095378 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/08/ding_ding_ding_we_have_a_winner#c1095378 Housekeeping Thu, 07 Aug 2008 19:01:08 -0800 Comment by Todd I scanned it too fast and missed that part.

]]> Todd http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/08/ding_ding_ding_we_have_a_winner#c1095425 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/08/ding_ding_ding_we_have_a_winner#c1095425 Housekeeping Thu, 07 Aug 2008 20:17:22 -0800 Comment by A. Birch Steen's Cousin Barry It's a shame A. Birch Steen isn't
here to lament that the Stranger has been reduced to paying its readers in $50 increments, not coincidentally the amount of cash a meth addict requires to stave off a withdrawal for another four or five days.

]]> A. Birch Steen's Cousin Barry http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/08/ding_ding_ding_we_have_a_winner#c1095465 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/08/ding_ding_ding_we_have_a_winner#c1095465 Housekeeping Thu, 07 Aug 2008 21:23:31 -0800 Comment by Gregoire stole the last election too We need Rossi to win and shake up this state. Enough already.

Fucking Gregoire had her chance to make a difference. What has she done since getting into office? Seriously!

Can anyone name me 3 things that started out as her idea, and passed into law? Anything?

I really can't think of anything.

Sorry. It's Rossi's turn now.

]]> Gregoire stole the last election too http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/08/ding_ding_ding_we_have_a_winner#c1095470 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/08/ding_ding_ding_we_have_a_winner#c1095470 Housekeeping Thu, 07 Aug 2008 21:37:34 -0800 Comment by Aislinn I read it yesterday afternoon, all of it, but had things to do besides email... oh well.

Also, in things that happened yesterday: Jon and I saw Charles Mudede and Josh Feit at Sun Liquor. True story.

]]> Aislinn http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/08/ding_ding_ding_we_have_a_winner#c1095486 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/08/ding_ding_ding_we_have_a_winner#c1095486 Housekeeping Thu, 07 Aug 2008 22:14:21 -0800 Comment by NapoleonXIV Three people have read your content?

Pretty soon you'll be able to charge your advertisers more!

]]> NapoleonXIV http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/08/ding_ding_ding_we_have_a_winner#c1095496 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/08/ding_ding_ding_we_have_a_winner#c1095496 Housekeeping Thu, 07 Aug 2008 22:44:11 -0800 Comment by Martinni & Rossi A bottle of Jack to the guy who is voting for Rossi?

Do you really think that's wise? Stupid people aren't known for being any smarter when liquor is involved.

]]> Martinni & Rossi http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/08/ding_ding_ding_we_have_a_winner#c1095674 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/08/ding_ding_ding_we_have_a_winner#c1095674 Housekeeping Fri, 08 Aug 2008 07:34:05 -0800 Comment by Simac I read them all the way through, ignoring the solicitations to e-mail.

But I also thought this election endorsement piece lacked the insight, verve, and wit of ones in the past; by far not the best endorsement piece in terms of the writing. However, as usual I will vote 90% according to your recommendations...

]]> Simac http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/08/ding_ding_ding_we_have_a_winner#c1095715 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/08/ding_ding_ding_we_have_a_winner#c1095715 Housekeeping Fri, 08 Aug 2008 09:30:30 -0800 Comment by michael strangeways I saw it, but misread it as CHICKS...since I'm neither interested in women, or cute, fluffy baby chickens, I decided to not respond...

]]> michael strangeways http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/08/ding_ding_ding_we_have_a_winner#c1095744 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/08/ding_ding_ding_we_have_a_winner#c1095744 Housekeeping Fri, 08 Aug 2008 10:10:07 -0800