This year's obsession with zombies brought us the really creatively funny endorsement for Romney. A Google search returning 892,000 hits in 26 seconds that references Ryan as the Zombie Eyed Granny Starver is right on target here.
Just because local candidates in a so-called nonpartisan election do not talk the partisan national politics doesn't mean this liberal blogger won't. The common theme of lack of humanity and empathy - and well . . . lying - is just too similar.
Zombie voters - the walking dead who vote as programmed are a concern for every campaign interested in engaging and involving citizens. Forty plus years of concentrated money and psychological research devoted to creating a docile, unquestioning population who identify as consumers rather than citizens has being frighteningly powerful.
Yet, the human spirit is stronger. Even in a community of wealth, comfort and a paradise of nature there is a growing awareness of a false narrative that there is only economic bliss, progress, rainbows and unicorns in Encinitas government. Not everyone agrees on specifics, but common themes are apparent. We are all feeling the realities of changing norms and inequities born out of corruption and greed. Heightened incivility, secretive processes and bullying behaviors at city hall have united different viewpoints. We know we are being lied to by these political creatures.
We outnumber the zombies who refuse to reason, who attack intelligence, dissent and science. The zombie army follows their directives and the invectives. Eat our brains indeed.
We demand better. Lisa Shaffer and Tony Kranz believe citizens in the community should be trusted to know what is important for themselves. This makes them sharply different from the incumbents and Forrester who would have the general population stay out of their way - especially when it comes to developing and land use in Encinitas.
