Robertson Adams

Orlando, Macon, Gainesville, Helen.
For 15 hundred miles we drove round singin.

Bears on Mountains, Jingle Bells and ABC's.
All without boo boos, ouches or scrapes on knees.

With some bugs and lotsa mountain,
We ate well and were not poutin.

Food was egg-y, porky, kraut-y, trout-y,
And drinks sometimes were even alkie.

Next time we'll bike, or fly, not drive.
Cause Gainesville cops got me at twenty-five.

But you do 15 in a school zone.
Be happy it was on vacay-shi-ohn.

I passed through the Steven P. Clark Center on Tuesday morning and ran into the early voting brigade set up there. The staff seemed to be familiar with the process and the equipment and the system worked fine, but it took a long time and involved a lot of moving paper around, signing, marking and envelopes. I'm worried 1) that the ballots won't be completely filled out on election day - the back side is easy to miss. and 2) that it will take so long that people give up and walk away. The process does seem tamper-proof enough though.

On Tuesday, Aug. 26 The Children's Trust will come before voters of Miami-Dade County for reauthorization through a referendum.

In 2002, voters passed The Children's Trust, opting for a final vote in 2006 to decide if they wanted the organization to be in perpetuity (just as it is in Broward and Palm Beach and other Florida counties).