Re: Down with the government!

On Oct 8, 2010, at 2:31 PM, Jon Louis Mann wrote:

>> I am also running for political office,
>> for the tenth time...~{
>>
>>> Proving the old adage, if at first you don't
>>> succeed, don't have the common sense to quit?

Of course, you understand that this was said in the friendliest way  
possible. Common sense might have told you to quit, but as your story  
shows, repeated attempts increase your name recognition.

> I was starting to get name recognition around the 6th or 7th  
> campaign, then I got married, took my wife's name and had to start  
> over from scratch.


Sounds like you got your priorities right to me. I wonder if you  
couldn't have run under your old name, or if people would just find  
that weird?

> Most serious candidates raise at least $100,000, much of which comes  
> from special interests; developers, realtors, city employees, etc.  
> The job pays $12,000 a year but you have control over a budget of  
> 554 MILLION bucks, for a city of 80,000!
>
> I'm running because I want to oppose that system and give residents  
> a voice in how those millions are spent with a virtual town hall  
> forum on the city website, for transparency, and to hold city  
> officials accountable.

You sound like the kind of guy I might just vote for, name recognition  
or not!

Dave