LA: Who’s Surprised? -The results of the Los Angeles mayoral primary are disappointing to the rest of America but unsurprising.

Whitson G. Waldo, III – The results of the Los Angeles mayoral primary are disappointing to the rest of America but unsurprising. It appears the voters of that great American city are satisfied with surpassing malgovernance as long as the mayor has a (D) behind his or her name.

Karen Bass apparently won a plurality of the votes counted so far. Of course, this is a Blue City, so votes will continue to be counted until the correct result is achieved. Distress comes from realizing that if all the votes for the even more extreme progressive Nithya Raman were added to Bass’s then a majority results.

The only good news is that Spencer Pratt looks likely to make it to the runoff with Bass. This despite voting irregularities already discovered. For example, almost 13,000 votes were counted containing nearly zero votes for Pratt. Considering that an early report had Pratt with a quarter of the vote, this is a statistically suspicious result. Don’t expect any further investigation by authorities suspecting criminal behavior. Continue reading →