Young Emerging Leaders

Let me start off by saying I have an amazing team of people helping me with my campaign. I am learning that running for office is certainly not an endeavor you can take on alone. And I am extremely grateful to those sacrificing a little of their time in helping me get elected. We certainly have a talented group of individuals and they are bringing great ideas and excitement to the campaign. This afternoon we are even shooting a potential "You Tube" spot but more on that later.

Regarding the signs we were a little late out of the gate getting them posted, which was a little frustrating as our opponent has had signs up for about a week. I was getting a lot of questions from people asking when they were going to see some signs. But even though it's a special election the process is still more of a marathon than a sprint and I think it worked to our benefit as we had the strategic advantage of knowing where our opposition placed his signs and what neighborhoods he would be strong in.

Once we got our hands on the signs we made another strategic decision to wait until we could get as many people as possible together to help distribute them, then with the cover of darkness we would fan out across the district and leave our mark. The idea was to maximize our marketing punch so that the next morning while people drove their normal routes on their way to work, they would definitely take notice of the change in landscape. Similar to the frog in the boiling pot of water scenario.

Needless to say we feel pretty confident it worked. I received countless comments about them and in some areas we did such a great job that I received calls from people in those neighborhoods who did not have one saying they didn't want to be left out and wanted a sign for their yard as well. I also received an email from the City Clerk (addressed to all the campaigners) reminding us of the policies and regulations on putting out signs. Was it just a coincidence that the email was sent the very next day after our signs were posted in mass? Apparently we got someone's attention. As far as I know we were in 100% compliance and we received overwhelming enthusiastic approval from all the residences prior to posting any signs. There were even a few that I pulled from the ground because even though I knew they would say yes to having one, I did not get the chance to connect with them and I didn't want them thinking I was a little presumptuous.

All that said there are still many locations on our list and we still have plenty of signs so if you avid political blog reader would like one in your yard or know of a perfect spot in Ward 1 (or even on the fringes) please let me know. You can send an email to friendsoftravis@gmail.com. Business locations work great as well.

And we would really like to get a few signs on Free Ferry since it's a major

thoroughfare so if anyone knows someone there please let us know