Raleigh/Cary elections. Good grief Charlie Brown! When you don’t pay, in the time it takes to go and vote, you deserve what you get!  Unfortunately, it usually ends up costing FAR more than the few minutes it would have taken to vote.  Twenty percent of the voters showed up in Cary and sixteen percent in Raleigh.  So, those of you who didn’t vote - button it!  You have no belly ache coming - OTHER than the one one you’re going to get because you didn’t vote.  Wouldn’t it be nice if we all lived in that best of all possible worlds where people knew what their candidates stood for and had voted for in the past?  Wouldn’t it be nice if we all said, “Who gives a hoot if he or she is a Republican or Democrate?  What are they saying and what is their record?”  I could go on but that dream isn’t about to come true.

SAS is growing and, thank God, remaining a private company.  Quintiles is building a $50 million headquarters at Page Road and Interstate 40.  It is also a private company but the current buzz concerns whether or not its needs will cause it to go public again.  Hopefully not.  Jim Goodnight of SAS is 64 and Dennis Gillings of Quintiles is 63.  An article in today’s N&O indicates that neither has any plans to retire.  Gentlemen, I hope you both hang in there until box and shovel time.

The October AARP Bulletin is, as usual, full of good information.  It also, as usual, is silent about the main problem of those who are 65 and older - money.  Oh, it does talk about what to do with what you have but assumes you are now beyond your income producing time on this planet.  Garbage!  For those of you who are 60 and above and who are not dead between the ears keep looking at this blog.  I will address that matter.

If you can’t get enough football the United Football League might come to Raleigh.  There is, as yet, no team, no stadium, no team name - in a word nothing!  But you can go to www.ticketreserve.com and buy tickets!  Does that sound like someone coming to your door selling siding or a new roof?  Perhaps the people who didn’t vote or who don’t really know who stands for what in the coming national election should buy some tickets.  You say you never bought a bag of air before?

John Fish (919) 696-3474     Email: marvmax@mindspring.com      Website: www.JohnFish.com