While driving home yesterday I realized how annoyed I am by the over abundance of political signs around here lately.

I don’t mind a few in that are placed someone’s yard. The ones that people are just putting every where are getting to be obnoxious. It seems that these signs are being placed in every single empty space that can be found. These signs are making the towns look cluttered and ugly. Not to mention the fact that people keep putting other candidates signs in front of ones that are already there, which makes it look even worse.

I feel like all towns should make laws stating that political signs can only be placed on property with the owners permission not just on any vacant piece of grass.  In Stillwater, NY they have this law and the town looks so much better than the  neighboring city of Mechanicville and the town and Halfmoon that both have signs all over the place cluttering what seems like every single piece of vacant land. It is just ugly.

I really just hate the cluttered campaign signs it really bothers me. It might just be one of my biggest pet peeves.

Since last October four people from Stillwater, New York have been million dollar winners. The most recent winner  won off a 500 Million Dollar Extravaganza scratch off ticket which, was purchased at a local Stewart’s. This ticket will pay 34,000 dollars a year (after taxes) for 20 years.

Other lucky Stillwater residents won off:

• Win for life last October.
• The Merry Money instant scratch off ticket in January.
• The Cashtastic instant scratch off ticket in July.

I can’t seem to get over the fact that this many people in Stillwater have won a million dollars. I jokingly said to my step father earlier that four people is half of Stillwater’s population. In all seriousness the population of Stillwater is 7,522 which, in my opinion, is pretty small for the amount of winners.

This kind of makes me wonder about the saying you have more of a chance to win the lottery than get stuck by lightning…YIKES.

Now I’m off to Stewart’s to buy myself a lottery ticket. Maybe I’ll be the fifth Stillwater resident to win a million dollars. Keep your fingers crossed.