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While I expected a longer letter, she came through as i knew she would. Congratulations to Sarah also for maintaining her crown as the "over all" vote getter in this election.
I also would like to make the following observations.

Interesting to note is that: while it is clear that DP lost 2.994 votes since the last Island Council Elections due to Theo, Loui and Maria not being on the list, it is interesting to note that N.A merely increased with 1.357 (less than 50%) of the 2.961 votes (combined from Theo/Loui/Maria) that were up for grabs.

This clearly indicates that: of the other “unaccounted for” 1.604 voters, some have left the Island and did not return for the elections and many (I a*sume) simply did not vote. We do know that 694 votes were blank, invalid or “other votes” and PPA lost votes rather than benefited from those votes or did they???. What the “other votes” entail I do not know. Perhaps the Lt. Gov. or leader of Gov. will outline the issue of “other votes” to us at a later date.

A few things are certainly clear. 01. Sarah remains the over all, individual, preference of the people. 02. N.A. would not have won the elections had it not been for the public support of Loui, the (perhaps) behind the scene support of Theo and the clearly increased financial support to campaign as they previously accused the (present) opposition of doing. 03. N.A. cannot win an election should any 2 of the no.’s 2, 3, 4 or 6 candidates decide to join Theo. 04. W. Marlin is no longer the “strong hold” of the N.A. 04. Theo cannot win an election unless he has “potentially” strong candidates but could become the deciding factor in the next election. 05. However, Theo has damaged his credibility tremendously by playing jojo with his supporters.
The questions now are. 01. Would Theo be willing to join N.A. as the # 2 candidate while he pulls more votes than W. Marlin? 02. Will he try to confiscate Frans? (as has been speculated). 03. Will he re-join D.P. as the # 2 candidate? 04. Would Sarah even consider taking him (Theo) back? 05. Will he (Theo) go ahead as planned with his “green party”? 06. Will 10/10/10 become a reality? (I hope not, we are not ready)
Ah boy, politics. However, I do hope that this Government will be able to complete the process, successfully and at the same time practice what they preach and Govern this Island properly.