Knowing Jack sh*t?

Last Tuesday was the Utah Primary election, and Jack Rubin, a registered Republican from my neighborhood, vied for the seat of Utah Senate District 26.

Brand new to town, he mounted an impressive campaign, complete with multiple interviews and support letters in the local media, plus a never-seen-before sign-plastering effort, all over the county, and I assume well into that 11,500 square-mile discrict.

In spite of his gigantic efforts, the new Utahan misread that the huge geographic area he was competing into was more “Mormonia” than modern Park City.

As the vulgar expression goes: “He simply knew Jack sh*t” and just got his hopes crushed. Republican Ronald Winterton won 43.37 percent of the vote. The second, a fellow name Gorum, garnered 33.84 percent, while Rubin had to be content with 22.79 percent.

Democrat Eileen Gallagher will face Republican Ronald Winterton in November, and in the immediate term, Rubin will have to pick up all these red signs he planted everywhere, just a few weeks ago....