DERBY, Conn. - A typo has led to the election of the wrong man to a finance board in Derby, Conn. James J. Butler was the highest vote-getter, winning 1,526 votes for the 10-member Board of Apportionment and Taxation, which monitors the town's finances. However, his father, 72-year-old James R. Butler, was the candidate nominated by Democrats. The News Times of Danbury and New Haven Register report that he said he wants the job and that his son is not interested in public office. James J. Butler, who is 46, would not comment on whether he wants the job. But he calls city officials incompetent for confusing him with his father. Av Harris, spokesman for the secretary of the state's office, says James J. Butler should be sworn in because he was elected. Story here. So OT, who should get the job - the dad (who ran) or the son (who was named on the ballot)? Please vote in the poll, this seems like an interesting conundrum.
This is why parents shouldn't give their children the same name they have. A) How egotistical can you be B) There are tons of other names out there If you want to pass down a family name, there is this thing called a middle name. Use it.
This is why parents shouldn't give their children the same name they have. A) How egotistical can you be B) There are tons of other names out there
If you want to pass down a family name, there is this thing called a middle name. Use it.KittyKat
James J. Butler was the highest vote-getter, winning 1,526 votes for the 10-member Board of Apportionment and Taxation, which monitors the town's finances.
However, his father, 72-year-old James R. Butler, was the candidate nominated by Democrats. The News Times of Danbury and New Haven Register report that he said he wants the job and that his son is not interested in public office.
That would depend upon who's looking at it. I used to help out my dad in the courthouse, looking up title deeds for real estate searches. Names are one thing you notice first, especially middle names.
[QUOTE="KittyKat"]This is why parents shouldn't give their children the same name they have. A) How egotistical can you be B) There are tons of other names out there If you want to pass down a family name, there is this thing called a middle name. Use it.Heck, a last name takes care of that as well.
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