Notes from the Campaign Trail

The campaign began its first weekend of actual campaigning, that is to say, I spent time out on the streets and sidewalks meeting people and inviting them to interact with me and extending to them an invitation to visit the campaign website to become more informed on the issues as I as an independent view them.  I am very pleased to report that there was a very significant positive reaction.  I was pleased to be able to offer cards to those who requested campaign materials to begin distributing to others based on their first contact.  I received assurance of space to post campaign signs along some of our major highways on frontage owned by those who are already enthusiastic supporters of the campaign. There were invitations to bring the campaign to other towns in District 4 and I am really looking forward to that opportunity. And not unimportantly, the campaign has received a very generous financial donation from enthusiastic supporters who believe that this is the message and that Central Washington needs a fresh voice as its representative.  It is clear that there is a significant group of Central Washington voters that are looking for a viable alternative to the “party” line that has for too long been the only choice.  It was affirming and also challenging to find such a positive response to the message, that it is well past time that America’s politicians focus on solutions for the problems that we as citizens and as a country face and get away from the partisan gridlock that is detrimental to this great country.

I am also delighted to have had several response sent through the web site.  The responses have been to volunteer to become active in this campaign and ones asking for further clarification of issues that are of vital importance like the future of Social Security and how to make the tax code fair to all Americans. There were also contacts made on the blog as people are beginning to look at some of the issues that I have already posted there.

Based on these earlier responses it is clear that it is going to be a very exciting and active election period prior to the Primary on August 17.  I look forward to your continued interaction at every level of this campaign.  This campaign will succeed only if all of us continue to work together to make our democracy once again a democracy of the people, by the people, and for the people of this great land of ours.