Posted on 09/05/2002 2:25:57 PM PDT by PJ-Comix
It's simple, really. After the mother of all election snafus in 2000, the one thing Broward can't afford is another election snafu.
So we spent $17 million on fancy new touch-screen voting machines, which are supposed to be idiot-proof. Unfortunately, the people in charge still aren't.
There's no doubt Miriam Oliphant, the well-connected first-term supervisor of elections, is an effective, adept politician. Whether she's capable of running a complex operation that serves nearly a million voters is another story.
(Excerpt) Read more at sun-sentinel.com ...
Oliphant's beguiling response: Pretend nothing's wrong, bash critics, change P.R. flacks and pat herself on the back.
Delusional, VERY DELUSIONAL!
"I think I've done more in 18 months than [predecessor] Jane Carroll did in 32 years," Oliphant said earlier this week.
Delusional and not the least bit modest.
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