Somerville election results, and general post-election open thread

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The City of Somerville sent me unofficial election results:

Ballots cast: 39,919 (73.4% of 54,360 total registered voters)

President:
Clinton-Kaine: 32,903 (82.4%)
Trump-Pence: 4,064 (10.2%)
Johnson-Weld: 1,100 (2.8%)
Stein-Baraka: 812 (2.0%)
Write-in: 593 (1.5%)
Blank: 447 (1.1%)

(Compared to 2012 results, or even 2008 results, not much change.)

Q1 (Additional slots parlor): Yes 10,151 (25.4%), No 27,857 (69.7%), Blank 1,911 (4.8%)
Q2 (Raise charter school cap): Yes 11,113 (27.8%), No 27,438 (68.7%), Blank 1,368 (3.4%)
Q3 (Conditions of farm animals): Yes 32,448 (81.3%), No 6,204 (15.5%), Blank 1,267 (3.2%)
Q4 (Legalize marijuana): Yes 29,447 (73.8%), No 9,498 (23.8%), Blank 974 (2.4%)
Q5 (Tax override for new high school): Yes 26,260 (65.8%), No 10,166 (25.5%), Blank 3,493 (8.8%)

Statewide results in all races match Somerville's results, except that in each case, the winning percentage is higher in Somerville than it is statewide.

Unfortunately, national results for President don't currently appear to match Somerville (and Massachusetts) at all. What does this mean for our city and our state?

This post is an open thread for any discussion whatsoever about yesterday's election (Somerville-related or otherwise).

Somerville Garden Club meeting Tonight! Learn about Bamboo

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Meet with the Somerville Garden Club and enjoy an evening discussion of local gardening and Bamboo.

Wednesday, November 9, 2016, 7-9pm.

Susanne Lucas, Executive Director of the World Bamboo Organization, horticulturist, designer, landscape gardener and consultant based in Plymouth, Massachusetts, will give a talk ont ‘Bamboo.’ She will cover recommended cold-hardy bamboo species, culture, expectations, and control of running rhizomes, particularly as appropriate for Somerville’s small urban gardens. Susanne recently published a book on bamboo and will be able to answer all of your questions on that subject.

All Somerville Garden Club meetings are free and open to the public. 7-9pm. Meetings are held the at the Tufts Administration Building, (TAB), 167 Holland Street, second floor, wheelchair accessible. There will be light refreshments. Parking is available, and the building is a ten-minute walk from the Davis Square MBTA stop.