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Elected positions might be wackadoo but they’re not random. Their refusal to seat a duly elected candidate for office is not valid legally and it’s not valid a

Elected positions might be wackadoo but they’re not random. Their refusal to seat a duly elected candidate for office is not valid legally and it’s not valid as a principled rejection of governing structure they object to. They could (however undemocratically) try to eliminate the role. But they can’t just ignore the election because it doesn’t suit them, without scrutiny.

throwawaygh 5y ago
- sgjohnson 5y ago
  - dang 5y ago
    Please don't do this here.
  - throwawaygh 5y ago
    my accunt is over a year old with over 5K karma, almost all of which is comment karma. Name one supervisor or manager of this township whose background explains my post history. There's a lot there, including some SQL code earlier today if I remember and probably a bunch of stuff about the field in which I have a PhD if you dig long enough. So. Anyways. The township supervisor/admin who can pass coding interview questions and has a phd in a math-heavy field. What's their name again? Go ahead. I'm waiting. Could it be possible that I have a genuine distaste for conspiratorial nutbags who turn local government into bored single rural white dude version of the instagram influencer game?
    - sgjohnson 5y ago
      Who hurt you?
      - deleted 5y ago
        [deleted]
      - throwawaygh 5y ago
      - dang 5y ago
        Personal attacks will get you banned here, regardless of what other commenters have been posting, so please don't do this. If you wouldn't mind reviewing https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html and taking the intended spirit of the site more to heart, we'd be grateful.
    - bradleyjg 5y ago
      - throwawaygh 5y ago
        > the benefits of developing a reputation over time for a nym I do not expect any sort of personal or professional benefit for developing a reputation with this handle. In fact, I change handles every few years in case someone decides to "stalk me" and "beat my face in". As is happening in this thread, for example. I do think it's astounding that anyone could look at my post history and conclude I'm one of these township supervisors. I'm clearly not.
        Aeolun 5y ago
        > in case someone decides to "stalk me" and "beat my face in" If you are just as abrasive in real life as in this thread I can believe it. It’s not that I don’t understand the frustration, but at this point it’s a bit past the point of being reasonable. I imagine they’ll get it sorted through swearing in twitter guy and then ignoring him as much as possible for the next 6 years, after which they’ll make sure to get someone one of their friends to run. But who knows, maybe they’ll get along.
        Chris2048 5y ago
        > As is happening in this thread, for example. One poster, that is an obvious throwaway, created 3 hours ago. (all posts flagged) https://news.ycombinator.com/threads?id=gofkurself https://news.ycombinator.com/threads?id=gofkurself On the other hand you've complained about this no less than 3 times in different threads. why? How is an obvious troll account relevant to other posters issues with your own behaviour? This feels like what-about-im, but the difference is it's pretty clear that the other guy isn't being tolerated.
        bradleyjg 5y ago
        The point of a stable and recognizable pseudonym is not to garner personal or professional benefits it’s to facilitate ongoing conversation. You’ve antisocially opted out of that. No one cares to read a throwaway’s post history.
s1artibartfast 5y ago
Of course I agree you shouldn't ignore election law. I was commenting on how everyone is so sure they know exactly what the motive was.
- eyelidlessness 5y ago
  True story, I promise it’s relevant: When I was in my early 20s, I lived in a shared house with some other early 20-somethings. They were all off the beaten in some way, but more or less had their shit together. When I moved in, I certainly did not have my shit together. And I had never lived with other young adults who did. I had been in the bad habit of leaving my dirty dishes in the sink, as had all of my former cohabitants. But these new roommates did not operate this way. One of them confronted me about it. I apologized, cleaned up my shit, and… repeated the whole behavior. Again I was confronted. I apologized again, and next came the more important confrontation (paraphrasing, no way I could recall the exact wording): we already talked about this, you know what the expectation is, you just didn’t respect that. Well, that was true. It stung, and maybe it was a bit blunt, but it was inescapably true. I didn’t even intend to leave my responsibilities for other people to take care of. But I was definitely, knowingly, leaving a mess they’d have to work around. Because I was prioritizing my own time allocation without regard for others. Anyway, how all of that’s relevant: this township has done this before. It’s implausible that they’re ignorant of it, the second time. Especially as a cohort, where some will have better recall and a stronger inclination to improve than others. That leaves only the possibility that their motive falls within the range of motives for knowingly disregarding an election result, again as a cohort. Maybe I lack imagination, but I think the only reasonable conclusion is corruption.

throwawaygh 5y ago

sgjohnson 5y ago
- dang 5y ago
  Please don't do this here.
- throwawaygh 5y ago
  my accunt is over a year old with over 5K karma, almost all of which is comment karma. Name one supervisor or manager of this township whose background explains my post history. There's a lot there, including some SQL code earlier today if I remember and probably a bunch of stuff about the field in which I have a PhD if you dig long enough. So. Anyways. The township supervisor/admin who can pass coding interview questions and has a phd in a math-heavy field. What's their name again? Go ahead. I'm waiting. Could it be possible that I have a genuine distaste for conspiratorial nutbags who turn local government into bored single rural white dude version of the instagram influencer game?
  - sgjohnson 5y ago
    Who hurt you?
    - deleted 5y ago
      [deleted]
    - throwawaygh 5y ago
    - dang 5y ago
      Personal attacks will get you banned here, regardless of what other commenters have been posting, so please don't do this. If you wouldn't mind reviewing https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html and taking the intended spirit of the site more to heart, we'd be grateful.
  - bradleyjg 5y ago
    - throwawaygh 5y ago
      > the benefits of developing a reputation over time for a nym I do not expect any sort of personal or professional benefit for developing a reputation with this handle. In fact, I change handles every few years in case someone decides to "stalk me" and "beat my face in". As is happening in this thread, for example. I do think it's astounding that anyone could look at my post history and conclude I'm one of these township supervisors. I'm clearly not.
      - Aeolun 5y ago
        > in case someone decides to "stalk me" and "beat my face in" If you are just as abrasive in real life as in this thread I can believe it. It’s not that I don’t understand the frustration, but at this point it’s a bit past the point of being reasonable. I imagine they’ll get it sorted through swearing in twitter guy and then ignoring him as much as possible for the next 6 years, after which they’ll make sure to get someone one of their friends to run. But who knows, maybe they’ll get along.
      - Chris2048 5y ago
        > As is happening in this thread, for example. One poster, that is an obvious throwaway, created 3 hours ago. (all posts flagged) https://news.ycombinator.com/threads?id=gofkurself https://news.ycombinator.com/threads?id=gofkurself On the other hand you've complained about this no less than 3 times in different threads. why? How is an obvious troll account relevant to other posters issues with your own behaviour? This feels like what-about-im, but the difference is it's pretty clear that the other guy isn't being tolerated.
      - bradleyjg 5y ago
        The point of a stable and recognizable pseudonym is not to garner personal or professional benefits it’s to facilitate ongoing conversation. You’ve antisocially opted out of that. No one cares to read a throwaway’s post history.

s1artibartfast 5y ago

Of course I agree you shouldn't ignore election law. I was commenting on how everyone is so sure they know exactly what the motive was.

eyelidlessness 5y ago
True story, I promise it’s relevant: When I was in my early 20s, I lived in a shared house with some other early 20-somethings. They were all off the beaten in some way, but more or less had their shit together. When I moved in, I certainly did not have my shit together. And I had never lived with other young adults who did. I had been in the bad habit of leaving my dirty dishes in the sink, as had all of my former cohabitants. But these new roommates did not operate this way. One of them confronted me about it. I apologized, cleaned up my shit, and… repeated the whole behavior. Again I was confronted. I apologized again, and next came the more important confrontation (paraphrasing, no way I could recall the exact wording): we already talked about this, you know what the expectation is, you just didn’t respect that. Well, that was true. It stung, and maybe it was a bit blunt, but it was inescapably true. I didn’t even intend to leave my responsibilities for other people to take care of. But I was definitely, knowingly, leaving a mess they’d have to work around. Because I was prioritizing my own time allocation without regard for others. Anyway, how all of that’s relevant: this township has done this before. It’s implausible that they’re ignorant of it, the second time. Especially as a cohort, where some will have better recall and a stronger inclination to improve than others. That leaves only the possibility that their motive falls within the range of motives for knowingly disregarding an election result, again as a cohort. Maybe I lack imagination, but I think the only reasonable conclusion is corruption.