We did it!

Today the signatures supporting the petition to call for a grand jury were filed. We filed 544 signatures, well over the 500 that was needed. I feel very good about our efforts and I am thankful for the obvious support of our community.

An interesting note: The last school board election had only 274 votes total. As you can see the number of signatures obtained more than double that amount. We have, at the very least, increased public awareness and for that I am thankful.

The election board will have until august 4th to verify the signatures. So for now we wait! (Have I mentioned to you I hate waiting???!!!!)

More lessons on Politics

Today I learned that there are attorneys out there who lie! Wow, I know that's a big shocker for all you out there. As you know, I live a pretty sheltered life, and in my sheltered life attorneys are upstanding professionals with good ethics. Today I interacted with a lawyer who doesn't have good ethics and didn't show himself to be upstanding or a professional for that matter.

I must say, I am amazed that someone else would bold face take the credit for a decision knowing it wasn't their decision at all. What ever happen to "give credit where credit is due"? I just can't believe he told his superior at his firm that it was his idea just to make himself look good. Of course, me in my ignorance, I totally exposed him not knowing what I was doing. I thought the superior thought I was mad, and I was explaining to the superior that I wasn't mad, because it was my idea. Oops! That's when the superior told me the attorney hadn't told him it was my idea. It was my desire as the client to proceed, instead he made it look like it was his idea just to look good to his superior. Oops! You know, that attorney really should have shared with me what his plan was, because I totally made him look bad and didn't even know it!!

Coming to a close

We have reached our goal of obtaining 500 signatures and we are now collecting extras to cover any possible errors there might have been in getting the signatures. The signatures will have to be verified and any signatures that can't be verified will not count. So it is important to go beyond 500.

Today we sent one final request for Mr. McCord's resignation. Down deep in my heart, I don't think he'll do it, but I wanted to provide every opportunity for him before we finalize the petition to request the grand jury. The deadline for the resignation is Wednesday, July 23rd at 4:00. If it's not in at that point, we will file the petition. The course will be set and there will be no turning back.

If only he would choose to step down on his own....

@ the Lake

We had lots of fun. Lowell joined us; we haven't seen him in ages. It was good to have him around.

Update on Politics

I haven't blogged about this in weeks. It's because the we are in a phase of gathering signatures. We had 45 days to get 500 signatures. Our 45 days will be up toward the end of next week. Today I will be meeting with a small group of people and we are going door to door. Once again, this will be a new experience for me, I have never done anything like this before. I will admit it's making me feel rather uncomfortable. Although I have decided my unrest is coming from the fear of the unknown rather than anything else. We only need a few more signatures and we'll be able to wrap this thing up, therefore I am looking forward to a great day with huge success!

Have I ever mentioned....

I........HATE.........WAITING?

But regardless of that I do have good news! My blood work came back and I am almost to the "Low" levels!! Woooo hooooo! I have almost reached low!! Funny isn't it? :-)

One of my numbers is 11.3 and 12 is where low normal starts. The other number is 32. That one is for my iron and low normal starts at 40 for iron. So I am way excited. I have almost reached low!! Yea for me. Let's have a party!

My Friend Flinging Dust, Part 2

Today I have said good-bye to my newly found atheist friend. I have been swamped this week and didn't hardly have time to post much less comment on anyone elses! Today I went back to her site to comment on a question she had asked. After reading the other comments from the other atheists that visit her site, I decided that my time would be spent better elsewhere. (I'm pretty sure if you had foul language dictionary they must have used everyword in it, and that doesn't even include the incredibly crude statements they were making.) I'm sure I made her angry with my farewell statement, but on the other hand I would imagine that she'll be thrilled I'm not intruding on her world anymore.

I'm still a little sad, I truly was wanting to have an educated conversation/discussion with this woman, but I can clearly see that was never going to happen.

Good-bye Flinging Dust. Have a nice life....