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There’s a Klingon Running for Senate

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David-Waddell-jpgYou might remember politician David Waddell. He made national attention when he resigned from the Indian Trail town council, writing the letter in Klingon. For those who might not know, Klingon is a language (and alien race) from the science fiction series Star Trek.

Now Waddell is an official write-in candidate for U.S. Senate in North Carolina. It took him about four months to collect the 500 signatures needed to be recognized in the race. Candidates who aren’t able to collect the signatures have their votes not counted. There’s actually two other official write-in candidates so far.

Waddell is a former Repbulican and left the party due to the party’s nominating rules. He felt they were changed to keep candidates like Ron Paul from “having a chance.” Waddell is running as a constitutional conservative advocating for a shakeup of the status quo and advocating for limited intrusion from the federal government.

Today is a Good Day to Resign

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klingon translationIf you need to resign, you might as well do it in style and with some fun. That’s what Councilman David Waddell decided to do. The politician, who represents Indian Trail, N.C., decided to translate his letter into Klingon using Bing. The resignation letter was sent to Mayor Michael Alvarez as an “inside joke.” The Mayor has since called the letter “childish,” “unprofessional,” and an “embarrassment.”

Waddell’s resignation is effective on January 31. This is his first term and his four-year seat would have expired in December 2015.

The politician resigned over disagreements with the rest of the council. Both runaway development and how requests for public information is handled are two of the issues cited by Waddell. In November, a plan to establish more fees for some public records and add more restrictions on how they can be viewed was tabled.

Waddell also has stated he needs to devote time to mounting a write-in campaign on the Constitution Party’s platform against U.S. Sen. Kay Hagan.

(via The Charlotte Observer)