Ya Voté!

Good afternoon, mortals! Thank ye for joining us last night—what a painfully democratic evening! If ye missed the triumph & tragedy of Measure B—if ye missed the siren’s song of Kropotkorelli’s Seltzer—if ye missed He-Wiz’s review of the new He-Man motion picture—head to the replay, right here!

Below—find the obituary for Darf, one of the politicians ye voted about last night. But first—I did note that some of ye seemed to despair at the notion of democracy & ofvoting itself. Aye, the votes generally failed to bring about thy wishes—but ‘tis nothing inherent to voting. The issue is that voting alone is not enough; democracy requires follow-up.

There are systems in place, & enforcers thereof, who seek to hinder & undermine the people. When ye vote for free omnibus public transport, but the city council refuses to fund it, that does not mean the voting were pointless. It means the city council is thy enemy. Action is required to enforce the will of the people.

DARF.
A politician.
Born, election cycle 73. Slain, election cycle 121.

Darf, a long-time politician & veteran campaigner, was slain last night, having lived 48 cycles. He last campaigned for the regional assembly. Promising to slay all enemies & outsiders, he also promised to use the savings & spoils from the slayings to fund universal public health-care.

Darf won the nomination—but then was ironically slain himself, by his opponent, Gorthar Fetterman. Gorthar ran on an anti-death platform, but evidently, was in fact a slayer all along.

Darf was preceded in death by his long-time slaughter & policy consultant, Crimbonta. He leaves behind a mailing list with over 10,000 names, & a graveyard full of 10,000 foes.

His funeral arrangements will be paid for by “Forward with Darf,” a Slaying Action Committee.

Thank ye for reading—& thank ye to the growing cadre of generous mortals who can & do support our works here with coin!

I shall write ye Monday with fresh art & a tale—though it may come later than normal, as Summersbane & I are FINALLY MOVING out of this TEMPORARY HELL-HOLE known as SANTA MONICA. ‘Til then—be safe, be well, & remember, direct action gets the goods…

Cheers,
Amœnus Franco
Wizard, Writer, Disappointed Voter