The oversize ballot, maybe 16 by 9 inches, that we filled out yesterday at the special election at Christ the King School was absurd. When I say “filled out” I mean we used a Sharpie to fill in one circle that was no more than an inch in diameter. And to do so we had to wait in a long line, but I’m not complaining. At issue was whether the Town of Irondequoit should consolidate the two libraries by building a new bigger library next to the Town Hall on property that the town already owns.
The thing that makes this absurd is that the town already approved the plan in a special election held last year. They failed to properly complete an environmental impact study and the no tax/no services crowd seized the opportunity to force another election. I’m quite certain this kind of drama plays out in various ways all across the country. I just want a better fine arts section.
Only the committed ventured out on such a snowy day and getting so close to West Irondequoit gave us the opportunity to stop into Atlas Eats on the very northern end of Clinton Avenue. Their bowls of Kimchee Fried Rice with Tofu and cilantro are out of this world, that is off any map you’ll find on the walls of the restaurant.
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I went into the East Irondequoit library to vote but was told that the vote was being held elsewhere. It took the librarians about ten minutes of checking pamphlets, internet and customers in line to find out exactly where that elsewhere was. Finally, an answer — 44 Kings Highway. Unfortunately, I knew not where that was so rely on the likes, of you Paul, to have voted in my place. Twas indeed a heavy snow day and I was too irritable to even try to load up the GPS – that with the library being on my top 5 of things most important in my life.