GET ON YOUR MARKS. . .

WELL, MY HUSBAND AND I HAVE EVERYTHING ALL DUSTED OFF AND GLUED BACK TOGETHER.  WE HAVE OUR PICTURES AND ANSWERS TO THE QUESTIONS READY FOR THE INSIDE OF THE LOCAL NEWSPAPER (PROBABLY THE ONLY FREE NEWS HE WILL GET).

WE GOT AHOLD OF THE LATEST PRECINCT AND DISTRICT MAPS AND THE LISTS OF THE COMMITTEE PERSONS AND THE VICE COMMITTEE PERSONS.  CALLED THEM ALL UP, BUT THEY SEEM TO BE PRETTY SET IN THEIR WAYS.  GO FIGURE.  WONDER WHO APPOINTED THEM?  WE'LL HAVE TO WORK AROUND THIS ISSUE AND STUMP IT TO THE PEOPLE, ON THE GROUND.

HE HAS ALREADY HAD A BUNCH OF PUBLIC MEETINGS BUT I'M NOT THAT SURE HOW MANY VOTES IT'S GOING TO GET HIM.  THOSE PEOPLE ARE MOSTLY SLATED TO THOSE SEATS BY THE POWERS THAT BE SO I GUESS IT ONLY MAKES SENSE.  THEIR MINDS ARE ALREADY MADE UP.  MOVE ON, WORK THROUGH IT.  REMINDER:  PUT THAT ON HIS LIST.

WHO ARE HIS VOTERS?  LET'S SEE.  OKAY.  WE GOT OUR LIST OF VOTERS IN EACH PRECINCT.  HE'S ALREADY TOLD ME WHO'S RELATED TO WHO AND WHO IS WHO AND, WELL, LET'S JUST SAY CHECK MARK.

ALL OF THESE FISHFRYS AT KNIGHTS AND THE MEET THE CANDIDATES AT THE HIGH RISES AND THE DEBATES AND WALKING DOOR TO DOOR IN THE NEIGHBORHOODS; WELL, LET'S JUST SAY IT'S GOING TO BE BUSY.  HE'S CALLED EVERYONE AND THEIR BROTHER ABOUT PUTTING SIGNS IN THEIR YARD.  I THINK HE'S BUSHED FROM IT.

OKAY.  WE GOT THE T-SHIRTS IN TO WEAR AND THE BROCHURES ARE MOVING.  WE'VE STARTED OUR GROUND ASSAULT.

WE ARE READY....(AFTER THAT ISN'T IT... SET... AND THEN... GO)?

P.S.  WE JUST GOT NOTICE WE GET TO HIT THE PRACTICE TRACK TOMORROW.  WISH US LUCK.

WHAT ARE THEY SAYING?

WHAT ARE THE ISSUES WITH EACH CANDIDATE?  OUR FAMILY, FOR ONE, WOULD LIKE TO KNOW.


WE HAVE ONLY HEARD RUMBLINGS FROM CERTAIN CANDIDATES AND NOTHING FROM OTHER CANDIDATES.  WHEN WILL THE HULLABALOO START?  WE'RE READY TO LISTEN AND THEN MAKE OUR MINDS UP AS TO WHETHER WE WILL VOTE FOR YOU OR NOT.


WE HAVE HEARD RUMORS STUMLER IS USING ENGLAND'S TAG LINES AS FAR AS BUILDING THE NEW PARKING GARAGE AND CONDOS WITH BOBO.  HE SEEMS TO BE CONCENTRATING ON BUSINESSES, NOT THE PEOPLE.  IS THAT TRUE?


WE STILL AREN'T SURE AS TO ETHERIDGE'S PLANS.  WE HAVE ONLY HEARD RUMORS.  IS IT TRUE HE WANTS TO BUILD A NEW SEWER PLANT?  WE HOPE NOT.  THIS IDEA WAS FLOATED A FEW YEARS BACK IN ORDER TO KEEP FROM REPAIRING THE INNER CITY SEWER LINES.   AND, IF FINANCIAL ADVISERS ARE TO BE BELIEVED, CITIES, COUNTIES AND STATES ARE GOING TO TAKE A BATH REGARDING MUNICIPAL BONDS (WHICH WILL IN TURN BITE EACH OF US IN THE BUTT).


IS IT TRUE ETHERIDGE PLANS TO HIRE DAVID WHITE AS HIS CONTROLLER?  WE HOPE NOT.  HE DIDN'T WORK OUT WELL UNDER OVERTON AND SOME OF US HAVE SERIOUS QUESTIONS AS TO HIS, WELL, LET'S JUST SAY HIS MINDSET.

WE ARE ANXIOUSLY AWAITING JEFF GAHAN'S PLATFORM.  IF THERE IS ANY OF THE THREE WHO UNDERSTAND THE CONDITION OF OUR CITY, IT SHOULD BE GAHAN.



HOW DO VOTERS FEEL ABOUT CANDIDATES WHO DO NOT OWN THEIR OWN HOMES, NOR ANY BUSINESSES, AND THEIR ABILITY TO ASSESS IMPACT OF THEIR VOTES ON VARIOUS ISSUES?  WHAT WOULD THEIR PLATFORMS BE?


OUR FAMILY IS NOT READY TO ENDORSE ANY CANDIDATE AT THIS POINT IN TIME.  TOO MANY VARIABLES.  TOO MANY QUESTIONS STILL TO BE ANSWERED.


WE ARE WAITING.