local magistrate here is retiring after 13 years. was appointed by guvner and then elected twice (6 year terms). Had NO experience - was not a lawyer or even a paralege. was a secretary. apparently was on union grievence comittee (sec'y in a steel mill, gotta be a steelworker. luv dem unions!)

she was active in local democratic party - fundraisers, working polls, etc. whe know hte politicians and democratic party leaders, so when the previous magistrate retired she managed to get appointed. no experience necessary!

local township supervisor job opened up so i figure i might run. i called the local republican comitte folks 4 or 5 times... no repsonse. i tried the democrats then, still no respoonse. i weren't askin fer money...just that to get on teh ballot you need 10 or15 signatures from the same party. short of going door to door or hanging out in front of hte grocery stores on a saturday afternoon i don't know 10 or 15 folks let alone 10 or 15 in the same party! so i figure that is what the party is there for...yeah right. i guess i never gave them any money so they didn't know my name.

perhaps i can find a judge that will let me change my name to Jack Shitt. I'll be famous - it's easy to find folks that know jack shitt!