Election news and notes

∙ I keep hearing accounts of people waiting in line for hours to vote. There were zero people waiting in front of me when I voted in the greater Fort Miley area. Three staffers sat in a private garage around the corner. I walked in, signed the book, voted and left. Easy.
∙ Montana: "We'll finish counting in the morning. It's bedtime."
∙ Cruz Bustamante: Will his star ever stop rising?
∙ Heath Shuler: Back to Washington!
∙ San Francisco: We're in favor of everything except parking taxes.
∙ I'll bet close to half the people in California could not name Schwarzenegger's opponent. This past week, at least two people looked at me blankly when I mentioned Phil Angelides' name, and asked me who he was. How inspiring.
∙ Thank goodness the levee repairs passed. I have no idea whether it will result in responsible development, but infrastructure maintenance of this sort is absolutely vital in California. I'm not sure people understand that.
∙ Rough day for sex offenders: GPS for life. (Eight-year-olds, dude.) [UPDATE! Maybe not so rough.]
∙ This one makes me happy. Dick Pombo was said to be one of the most corrupt people in the House, and he's been replaced by a wind energy consultant. I like it.
∙ And once again, sixty percent of the country just didn't bother.