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- From: ajm@wag.caltech.edu (Abner J. Mintz)
- Newsgroups: alt.callahans
- Subject: Re: Another introduction...
- Date: 19 Nov 1992 20:10:49 GMT
- Organization: California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA
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- Speaker-To-Minerals says:
- >>Abner says, "Well, you see, 'The Moon is a Harsh Mistress' was the first
- >>science fiction book I ever read. It's what got me hooked ... So I noticed
- >>your name right off the bat!"
-
- >Hmmm. The first SF book I ever read was called _Danny_Dunn_and_the_Antigravity_
- >_Paint_. Don't remember whether I was in first grade or second when I read it.
- >First, I think.
-
- "I remember the Danny Dunn books. They generally consisted more of balognium
- than anything else ... Fun though!"
-
- "BTW, StM, I noticed an article in the L.A. Times that I thought should be
- brought to you attention:
-
- SUPERVISOR REELECTED BY ONE VOTE
-
- A Mendocino County supervisor has won reelection by a single vote out of more
- than 8000 cast, election officials said.
-
- Liz Henry took a 24-vote lead over challenger Heather Drum on Election Day,
- but the final count of absentee ballots reduced Henry's margin to one,
- County Clerk Marsha A. Young said Tuesday.
-
- "Luckily, I voted for myself," Henry said.
-
- The final tally in the rural, mill-town district that included Ft. Bragg was
- 3,938 votes for Henry and 3.937 for Drum. Drum was returning from a vacation
- and unavailable to say whether she planned to ask for a recount, something
- that would cost her several hundred dollars, according to Young.
-
- Drum nearly won election in the primary, running more than 500 votes ahead
- of Henry and 23 shy of a majority that would have eliminated the need for
- the Nov. 3 runoff."
-
-
- Abner laughs. "OK, so it wasn't a congress race, but still, there you have
- it. An election won by one vote!"
-