Reassuring election results

Remember Glenn Moon, the strange candidate for city council of Livonia, MI? The primary election is over, and he finished dead last. He did get 301 votes out of 6,432, though, which is a little accomplishment, and we now that 4½% of the population of the town is stark raving bonkers, which isn't too bad.

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