


Jim Flanigan Looks at the World
Turning the Mundane into Fundane Since 2015
Do you want to play a game? My wife and I made signs for the pro-choice rally we attended today. Can you guess which one I made and which one my wife made?

It was an excellent rally, and the message was clear … VOTE! I wore the message proudly on my shirt and found a handmaiden with the same message …
Continue reading “Game Time”I had to go and open my big mouth at the last Zoom meeting of the St. Charles Township Democrats and ask about whether we were fielding candidates for any St. Charles Township positions in the Spring election. Before I could say “the election is rigged,” I was drafted as a candidate. I figured that there was no way I would actually run since I couldn’t imagine getting the 240 signatures needed to qualify for the ballot. First, global pandemic. Nobody wants to answer their door. Next, it’s cold out. Finally, I’m lazy. As it was, I got about a third. The rest were gotten for me. Gulp. Looks like I’ll be a candidate for St. Charles Township Trustee on April 6, 2021.
I was a bit nervous about revealing my “professional” alias on my Statement of Candidacy below …
Continue reading “Vote for … Me?”I’m so nervous and full of anxiety that it is hard to put words together to post anything. But one of our flies from our occasionally posted and rarely funny Flies On Washington Walls cartoon wanted to offer a word of advice for today …

However, definitely do not vote for a third party candidate. I’m upset that this third party candidate is now in the race …
Continue reading “The Day Has Arrived”I saw a sample ballot for the March 20th primary election. There it was, my name on the ballot. And not because I wrote my name on the ballot, but because it was printed on the ballot, ready for all to cast their votes for me …