Hillsborough County Successes

Oh, Buddy.

It is the largest success of the Hillsborough County residents that they successfully dethroned you as the Supervisor of Elections. The hundreds of voters missing over half the ballot, the lack of equipment at the University of South Florida that had students waiting in line four hours after the polls closed, and numerous other instances so eloquently showed how unprepared you were for this election.

What happened that so many poll workers were overwhelmed and unprepared that their lack of preparedness actually turned voters away especially in black neighborhoods were Obama was expected to win? Thank God for Kathy Castor asking the attorney general to intervene or else who knows how long this mess could have unraveled. The true success of the election was that Phyllis Busansky walked away the new Supervisor of Elections. Hopefully, Busansky is up to the challenge of breaking down the wall that Mr. Johnson put between himself and the public creating such a secretive office. Busansky has her work cut out for her, but at least this could be a step in the better direction.

It is still unseen if the Board of Education and Superintendent MaryEllen Elia can creat a success next year of the failure that has been the county school bus routes. After revamping the bus system this past school year, hundreds of confused and irate parents voiced off against the school system and called for change. Elia plans to hold off next year on revamping any more bus routes, but hopes to overhaul the current changes to address the problems brought forth by parents. One positive to come out of this whole debacle was the fact that the school system managed to eliminate a good number of bus stops, yet filled up their buses and got all students to the school on time. For the sanity of many parents next year, let's hope that next year isn't as entrenched with problems as it has been this year.