Is this how it felt at the Inn?

Tonight Bru and I were looking forward to going to hear the 30 Aldermanic candidates at the library. We were excited. It's hard to read sarcasm or real true feelings over the computer. But, I'm being serious...seriously. We are by no stretch of the imagination political pundits, junkies or thumpers...just 2 citizens of this fine town trying to be as informed as we can when we go to vote (reminder: Mon Oct 18).

Apparently, we were NOT alone.

We got to the forum right on time, unfortunately. A typical, prim librarian kindly informed us that there was no room.

No room in the main hall.

No room in the overflow.

"What?!?...We need to know who to vote for though."

"I'm very sorry. Here's a list of other forums you may attend" stated library lady.

"But, this is the only one we can get to.."

I realize by now I am not the only person who has tried to tell her that tonight and, honestly, that she doesn't really care.

I've been thinking though, that perhaps it wasn't a bad thing. Atleast I know there are other people out there trying to inquire about the varied platforms of each candidate. It's not like we were shirking our civic responsibility. We tried, really we did.

If any of you have any insights, let us know. Seriously.

We didn't leave empty handed though. Bru grabbed a few candidate leaflets. And me? I grabbed Season 1 of Friday Night Lights. It's a little guilty pleasure of mine ;)