{"id":586,"date":"2007-11-06T11:00:27","date_gmt":"2007-11-06T16:00:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/adam.rosi-kessel.org\/weblog\/2007\/11\/06\/please-leave-me-alone-john-connolly\/"},"modified":"2007-11-06T18:52:53","modified_gmt":"2007-11-06T23:52:53","slug":"please-leave-me-alone-john-connolly","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/adam.rosi-kessel.org\/weblog\/2007\/11\/06\/please-leave-me-alone-john-connolly","title":{"rendered":"Please Leave Me Alone John Connolly"},"content":{"rendered":"

Up until recently<\/a>, I’ve been supporting John Connolly<\/a> as candidate for city council. In addition to the recent concerns about anonymous mailings<\/a>, I’m now getting hammered by his auto-dialer. I’ve received four prerecorded phone calls today and yesterday reminding me to vote for Connolly. (By contrast, I got one real human phone call from a Michael Flaherty<\/a> supporter.) Now with a few hours left to vote, I’m on the fence. I wish this guy would leave me alone.<\/p>\n

In the meantime, a WBUR interview<\/a> claims that Felix Arroyo<\/a> is the most vulnerable candidate (something I’ve never heard elsewhere). If that’s the case, I’m tempted to just bullet-vote<\/a> for Felix.<\/p>\n

I hope this last-minute vacillation doesn’t make me an idgit voter<\/a>.<\/p>\n

5pm update: three more automated phone calls! One for Murphy from Consalvo<\/a>; and two for Connolly (one from Tobin<\/a>, the other I forget). They’re pulling out all the stops, only at the last minute. I wonder who the dismal weather (and poor turnout) favors.<\/p>\n

7pm update: three or four more calls, now including real humans! My wife figured out part of the reason we’re getting so many — separate calls each for her and me, even though it’s all on the same phone number.<\/p>\n

In any case, we’ve all voted now. I did end up including Connolly in my votes despite these over-the-top tactics. I guess it shows, at least, that he’s well organized.<\/p>\n

[Tags]Boston, City Council, Felix Arroyo, John Connolly[\/Tags]<\/p>\n

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