Here’s a quick look at the winners in the county races yesterday. Please note that in some of these races, candidates ran unopposed so they were not even on the ballot and will face yesterday’s winner in the general election this fall. I don’t have those results posted yet, but I’ll be working on it!

Race Morgan Minute Poll Winner Actual Winner Sheriff Kenny “Gravedigger” Perry Mickey Whitt Coroner Jeff Cantrell Raymond Vancleave Jailer Jimmy Darrell Easterling Jimmy Darrell Easterling County Attorney Kim Ison Gevedon Joleen Frederick Magistrate, Dist.2 Jon Brown Jon Brown Magistrate, Dist.3 Stanley Riggsby Stanley Riggsby Magistrate,…

"Sure, I've been called a xenophobe, but the truth is, I'm not. I honestly just feel that America is the best country and the other countries aren't as good. That used to be called patriotism." - Kenny Powers

On Tuesday, we will do our patriotic duty and head out the polls to vote.  There are some pretty good local races this year, and I expect that will generate a pretty decent turnout…or at least I hope it will.  To try and get an idea of who the winners might be, I thought it might be fun to do a little …

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As any of you who have been around the site for a while know by now, it is nothing if not random.  You might see a post about utility rates…or evolution…or who had the best night on American Idol.  For a while, there actually used to be a fair amount of discussion on here, but at some point, it just sort of went away.  I can’t seem to get anyone to leave a comment on ANYTHING now, which sort of stinks, but hopefully it will start to pick back up.

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If you haven’t voted in our local election poll, please head on over and take part.  It is completely anonymous, unscientific, and fun.  So, how can you go wrong??

So far, several of the races are VERY tight, which makes me wonder if maybe that will be reflected on election day?

Interesting stuff either way!…

If you looked at the radar, that is about how far we were from a big mess.

As most of you know, this past weekend was a doozy as far as the weather goes.  Nashville was nearly washed away, recording over 20 inches of rain during the weekend.  Parts of western Kentucky recorded over 10 inches of rain, and nearby in Morehead, they got a bit over 7 inches, according to the Kentucky Mesonet.  The same system measured just over 3 inches here in West Liberty, with another station in Morgan County recording a little over 5 inches,  but it …

If you don't complain, you can't vote. Wait...no...

**UPDATE** There has been a great response so far, with some of the races getting over 90 votes, so keep them coming!!  I’ll probably shut it down on Friday, or at least make a post with the final results.  Some of the races are VERY close right now, and some are a little surprising to me, but who knows how accurate it will be at predicting the actual outcomes.  Keep those votes coming!!

Alrighty folks…we’ve had some random polls on here before, but this is the first time I’ve ever actually A) …

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I am working on putting some polls together to get an idea of how the local and state elections might shape up in May.  I just need to make sure that I have every candidate listed for each office, and then I’ll get them up here.  It will all be very unscientific, of course, but it might be fun to start getting an idea of who you support.

In some other highlights today…

American Idol had Shania Twain week last night, and I guess it was OK.  I think the judges were pretty much right-on for everyone …

Well, for a few weeks, it started to seem like we might never see rain again.  April showers were nowhere to be found.

By Friday and this past weekend, however, they showed back up in a big way.  We had a severe thunderstorm warning, and, according to kymesonet.org, we’ve now had over 2 inches of rain since Friday.  It looks like rain is in the forecast today and tomorrow, followed by some pretty days on Wednesday, Thursday, and possibly for part of Kentucky Oaks Day on Friday, but it is looking more and more like rain settles back in for …

It is Thursday.  Tomorrow is Friday.  That makes me very, very happy.  Here’s some random stuff this afternoon…

– John Wall said his official goodbye today to UK fans.  It is strange to get so attached to 1-year players, but John Wall and DeMarcus Cousins will always be 2 of my all-time UK favorites.  Wall said he will be telling every player to come to UK, joining in the sentiments expressed by Boogie that he truly loved his time here.  That is great to see, and they will be missed. Here is a video of his press conference.

– It …