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Blue Dot
It appears there is a nascent Blue Dot campaign in Culver. Don’t worry if you don’t know what that it is. I had to research it as well. Nebraska and Maine are the only two states that don’t award all of their electoral college votes to one candidate. In those states, two electoral college votes go with the state majority and the others are awarded by district. As with many states, the rural areas go red and the larger cities tend blue. With Nebraska being a deep red state, the blue dot campaign in Omaha is attempting to get at least one Nebraska electoral college vote for Kamala Harris.
This has me curious what statement is being made with the blue dot in Culver… If it’s a “made you look” thing, then I guess it was successful at least once. It caused me to hit the internet for an explanation. I guess it could be a statement of solidarity, since much like Nebraska, Indiana (and Culver and Marshall County) is pretty red. Culver often struggles to find Democrats to fill positions on boards that require political balance. Maybe they’re a Nebraska transplant and don’t understand the different differences in state election laws. Or they’re just a Cornhusker and this is another way to show college loyalty.
I’m not a fan of single ticket voting. Since there are no names or information with this campaign, I assume that’s what’s being suggested. The local (county) Republican party is also pushing a straight ticket campaign in some of their ads, and I feel the same way about that… particularly on lower ballet candidates. I am likewise not a fan of general get-out-the-vote drives when they are political party driven. There needs to be more done to promote voting as a privilege and that becoming an educated voter is important.
I am curious about the implications of Nebraska’s (since 1992) and Maine’s (since 1972) take on the winner-take-all electoral college system used by other states. I am definitely not in the camp that wants to eliminate the electoral college. Much like the Senate having two Senators per state, regardless of size and population, it is a means of protecting states’ rights and assuring that there is representation across the board for minority states. It is why we were formed as a Republic and not a true Democracy. (Though we are a Democratic Republic.) I would be interested in what an analysis of expanding the Nebraska scenario to other states would look like, but I couldn’t find it.
I’ll be watching for other blue dots in Culver. It’s an interesting development and if nothing else, another curiosity of small town Culver life.
Gotta Laugh
Working on a project and needed some prices for a unisex restroom sign. I ran across the one to the right. I thought this was a amusing illustration of how ridiculous things have gotten. Just please wash your hands!
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Fun Fact
At the last One Marshall County meeting, in the introductions, we were asked to give one “Fun Fact” about ourselves. I generally hate these things and default to the Christian Easterday story. For some reason that didn’t seem appropriate to this group. I had some time to think about it and decided on this:
I was a general contractor until Culver was having trouble finding an affordable housing/workforce housing developer and I stepped up to fulfill that role. So far I have created 120 housing units in Marshall County with another 14 planned for this year… so I guess I’m a developer!
Honestly, I hadn’t thought about that and it sunk in a bit when I said it. I’ve created 120 homes in Marshall County in the last 7 years! Mayor Listenberger said, you might as well embrace it, you’re a developer. So… I guess I am!
MC Squared
When the Marshall County Community Foundation (MCCF) built their new facility, it was to house MCCF, Marshall County United Way (MCUW) and Growing Kids Learning Center. The building would belong to MCCF. MCCF would continue to operate with joint staff shared with MCUW. Growing Kids would be a rent paying tenant. When it came time to name the building, I lobbied hard for some iteration of MC2. I thought it was a no brainer, since it fit with the joint philosophy of MCCF and MCUW, that the two groups together were more than the sum of their parts, i.e. MCCF x MCUW not MCCF + MCUW. Oh, well… This was one of those cases where what seemed obvious to me wasn’t palatable to others. The building is now known as the Marshall County Philanthropy Center. I’m sorry, but 7 years later, who knows that or refers to that!? We could have had something much more catchy! Ha!
I wasn’t involved at the start of One Marshall County. I do kind of like that name, but I go back to it also being an organization designed to be more than the sum of its parts. Another missed opportunity to use MC2. If I’d been involved at the beginning of Marshall County Crossroads, I would really have hit this hard for them too!
So I’m throwing this out there. Some Marshall County organization or group of organizations should be the first to pick up MC2 and run with it! If your name works in an “E”, even better since you could really roll with all of Einstein’s equation. What group doesn’t strive to be faster than light? Well, I guess there’s always Heinz Ketsup which bragged on being think in their Anticipation commercial. Oooo! Oooo! Maybe MCEDC! They have all three letters in there!
You may not of heard it here first, but I haven’t heard anyone else in Marshall County using MC2. It’s free advice. Run with it!
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January 13, 2025
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I’m always amazed when I see snow covered solar panels. Even some of of the ground mounted panels that are at a significant angle during the winter months often have snow clinging to them. In the case of the Culver home in the picture to the right, not only is there a reasonable angle on the panels that you would think would let the snow slide off, but you can see that the snow has melted off the rest of the roof around them. How is it staying on the black solar panels!?
So, I have a few ideas about this:
Someone is missing a good opportunity here. Maybe Elon is already working on this, but if he isn’t, he should be…
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