From Bev

I want everyone to think of another way this can be handled. On the Thursday, that we had the Primary Voting at the Middle School, I had a birds eye view of the road, and the parking lot. I spent the day acrossed the street, campaigning. What should have gone smoothly, ended up being anything but. Things went well until two thirty in the afternoon.All of a sudden we had busses pulling in to pick up kids, and a line of cars parked along side the driveway, going toward the back of the school. I found out these mothers were there to pick up their kids. I can't blame them, as one lady told me she had sex offenders in her neighborhood, and she wasn't going to let her kids walk home,{or from the bus} So now, we had two games going on, parking lot pretty full of cars, and a big bus. Cars, with people trying to vote could not get in the yard. The bus did not have to stay parked there,my opinion of course. At one point I did call the dispatcher and ask for the cruiser. Things were getting crazy! I guess I got what I wanted, as I saw the chief ride by on his way home? At that minute things had calmed down, but things did not stay calm for long! The traffic was flying by, at one point I heard skreeching breaks, as a man and two little kids tried to cross the road, into the big parking lot , on foot. No flashing lights , on the sign saying 20mph. Again the cars were backed up, could not get in to vote, or when they got in the lot there was no place to park. I called dispatch again, and pretty much said, get someone out here. Out of the school came a officer. He stayed down at the end of the driveway and told people there way no place to park{no kidding} All I can say is what are we going to do if this happens during a general election? This is something we have to think about now. November is not to far away. I wonder how many people did not get to vote. One or more is too many! Bev