Archive for March 4th, 2008

Don’t have much time today ….

And as to why, …. my lips are sealed.
I do have a few side notes for my lunch break …

• It’s always great to run a story about how somebody is ‘vulnerable’ in an election and then have that guy be the first person you run into at the Lee County Courthouse the next day. Luckily, Jimmy Love Sr.’s an extremely nice guy … or maybe he just hadn’t read the story yet.

• In doing research for today’s editorial on tornado safety, I discovered that from 1950 to 2003, Lee County has had only ONE reported tornado sighting. Can this possibly be true? Does this mean we’re due? There goes Will Ferrell’s theory that Sanford is home to so many great trailer parks (since they DO attract tornadoes, right?)

• I predict Hillary will win either Texas or Ohio tonight. For some reason, I think she’s picked up some momentum the past few weeks.

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