No, this is NOT cribbed from The Onion:
BURTON, Michigan — One vote was all Burton resident Lisa Osborn needed to win a seat on the Bentley Board of Education.
She didn’t get any, not even one from herself.
Oh, it gets better; check out Ms. Osborn's response to the news:
"We were like, ‘Oh my goodness,’ ” Osborn said, referring to herself and her husband. “I (thought I) would have gotten a vote,” she said. “I had plenty of people I know that would have gone up there and voted.”
Another priceless quote from Ms. Osborn:
“That’s understandable,” said Osborn of Bauldry’s reaction. “I should probably come to more meetings and know more about what’s going on. It was a dumb move.”
Um...ya think?
Not to worry, though; if the normal process to fill the open seat fails for some reason, she's gonna take another crack at it:
“I’m still interested because I have kids that go to the Bentley School District,” she said. “We just don’t know what’s going on really, I guess.”
Words fail me.