Cool evening
Further Down Burroughs Memorial Road
Gods Country.
Saturday May 17, 2014 — Delaware County — Columbia Lake State Forest 🗺
Open Primaries Have Their Fans. The Parties Are Not Among Them. – The New York Times
When Louisiana voters cast ballots on Saturday, Senator Bill Cassidy’s political demise could be hastened by a decision his fellow Republicans made two years ago: getting rid of an open, nonpartisan primary in favor of a closed system in which Republicans and Democrats compete separately.
That nonpartisan primary was adopted, in part, to empower politicians like Mr. Cassidy who have been willing to cross party leaders and reach across the aisle. Supporters of open primaries and political scientists who have studied them say they increase voter participation and elect more middle-of-the-road candidates.
Across the country, partisans are turning against such systems. In response, supporters are intensifying their advocacy with an even bigger claim, based on research commissioned by open primary proponents: Open primaries may better people’s quality of life in tangible ways that include increased prosperity, longer lives and lower murder rates.
A World Traveler Whose Barely Left New York
I am quite the traveler. I’ve been to Peru, Cuba, Poland, Russia, Bagdad, Ohio, Paris, Rome, Bethlehem, Bolivar, and Cairo.
I’ve been to Bliss and to Freedom. Driven past the turn for Podunk, but I’ve never been to Podunk.
Also been to Bliss. And I didn’t even have to leave New York State. But then again, I’ve driven through Manhattan many times on US Route 6 in Pennsylvania, and camped only like five miles from Manhattan on the Painter Run.
Outflow
The marshy Middle Sprite Creek below the beaver dam on Hillabrandt Vly.
Saturday May 11, 2019 — Notes — Alma Pond 🗺 — Dobbins Memorial State Forest 🗺 — Donahue Woods State Forest 🗺 — Little John Wildlife Management Area 🗺 — Otter Lake 🗺 — South Hill State Forest (Oneida 23) 🗺 — Summer Hill State Forest 🗺 — West Parishville State Forest 🗺
