Where did we go wrong?

Here it is 17 days till the election and we still don't have staff working together at headquarters! We don't even have staff! In fact, till this morning no one even had a key so that they could get in during the day and make phone calls! And everyone thinks we are doing just a wonderful job and we will be able to get everyone we want elected! (Or though they say in public) In private they say that there will be very few people who will win, but hey, it's not their fault, even though they are running as well and pulling the party down.

I know that we will get at least two people elected, because they represent one party in the district, but at this point I'm not even sure my hubby can win. The party that he represents tried to not get him elected at the primary (but they lost) and they have done nothing for him or the people that our district represents since August. And then they wonder why we don't want to go to an event right before the election and pay with our hard earned money that people gave my husband to get him elected. So, what do you think, should my husband go to an event that has all one party talk about themselves, or maybe he should go to an event that has possibly new people that he has never seen before, so that he can find out what he (as councilman) can do to help them? I'm kinda leaning towards the event with new people, give me your feedback.

A politician's day at an event

We had fun at a couple of events today. One was at the museum where we got to listen to a baseball book author talk about baseball in the OLDEN days! Days that even I remember! O no! We got there a little late, so we missed some of his talk, but it was interesting, to say the least!

Then we got to go to a political event for friends of ours running for either common council in their own district, or people who are running at large. We have a semi big event happening tomorrow, guess the TV stations will be there, and because my husband has been asked to be there, I'll be there too! If it gets on the news, I will let you know. And if I get it on YouTube, I will try again to get it out for everyone to see.

I just realized, I have to get a press release out to newspapers, TV stations and magazines tomorrow about our upcoming event! Sometimes people don't realize just how much work they expect one person to do. How about you, do they give you a lot of work to do in a short time period?

Once in a while

Sometimes it's nice being just a wife. I have been busy on the computer putting together fliers for our 4 events. But, that's not the best part, we now have the fliers in Spanish and English! And I got to read, in Spanish, the events! I even had to consolidate them a little bit. You have to understand, languages where never a big thing in my life, but after living in CA for almost 10 years and talking (kind of) almost daily with Spanish speaking people, I was learning how to ask important questions over the phone, but never had to read it. So for the first time, I had to read Spanish and make sure I liked it! Luckily I did it!

Then I made four events on facebook, so I was up till after midnight last night getting them done. And again, because they are political, I have to make sure that they do not offend anyone, but because they are for one party or another, they will probably offend someone. I wish people could remember that, most of the other party seems fine with what I do, but there are a few that tell your friends that they should not associate themselves with us, because after all, we are on the other side of THEIR fense.

A Sunday afternoon with nothing to do..

Well we thought that we would have nothing to do today, should do some much needed work on the computer. But instead Mike got a call from someone who needs 3 porta-potties! By August 22nd! So now, even though we already called several people to try to get sponsors, I will be calling several more people tomorrow to find out if they can help. Because Mike is a politician people ask for help and expect it. Not that they shouldn't, but we were asked to kick in $300 for the porta-potties and then make sure that one of them be handicapped too. And this event coincides with another event that we must attend, again because it is political, at the same time! At least it's only 1 1/2 miles away, but most Democrats have to be at both events!