TIE! TIE! TIE! TIE! AT THE DEMOCRAT CAUCUS!

Boy if you ever thought your one vote didn't count then you had better rethink that! There were at least three tie votes at the Democrat Caucus on Wednesday night! The ties didn't start coming until the voting for the town board members started. First up was Republican Peter Knapp running against Democrat Joe Oliver. First vote was an 18 18 tie. Then a second vote was taken and again an 18 18 tie. Then Anne Henderson, chairman of the caucus called down to the BOE while everyone (it seemed) started calling on their cell phones to get more voters in to break the tie. The Peter Knapp crowd finally gets 2 more voters than the Oliver crowd and Knapp wins by one vote and is cross endorsed by the Democrats! I'll have much much more to say about this later. Next up was Deb Coolidge against Kate Edinger and another tie! More cell phone calls until Edinger pulls it out by one in the end. Next up is David Morse against Joe Oliver, again a tie but they lost one vote, misplaced it I guess. Then it is 'found' in the hand of the teller and Morse wins. Finally it is Donald Canne against Rich Grant. Grant wins but no numbers given. The Town Board lineup for the Democrats are:

Supervisor: Betty Pitman (Incumbent)
Town Board 4 year: Peter Knapp (Republican incumbent)
Town Board 4 year: Kate Edinger (Incumbent)
Town Board 2 year: David Morse
Town Board 2 year: Rich Grant

Other non-voting positions decided were:
Town Clerk: Jane Davenport (incumbent)
Town Justice: Lynn Webb
Highway Supervisor: Jeff Griswold (Republican incumbent)

Now it's on to the Republican caucus on Monday, 7:30 at the fire hall. Now you know how much your one vote is worth.

See you there.

PS I want to thank all the Democrats who made me, a lowly Republican, feel at home even though they made me sit in the corner. :-D