As I have often said, there are many ways to be involved in local politics and decision-making: Show up at a neighborhood meeting and ask questions. Have coffee with your alder or county supervisor and ask about issues you care about. Email any level representative to voice your opinion/concern. Help hand out literature when someone is running for office. Go to a city or county meeting and say your piece. Read Bikies and follow up on some of the issues. Volunteer for an organization that works on issues you care about. Give money to an organization or political candidate. Write letters to the newspaper. Talk to your friends, family, neighbors, and co-workers about why these issues matter. Have a neighborhood dinner party or brunch to talk about something important in your area.
Yes, all these things can make a difference. Really. And running for local office is easier than you think. Even if you only file the paperwork (about 15 minutes work) and print up a bunch of fliers and stick them in every door in the district, you are getting your issues and concerns out there. You are asking the other candidate to address those issues. You are giving voice to all the other people that are afraid to run, don't have the time, or think no one cares. Do it. Run for office. There are lots of people on this list, and in the rest of your life that will help you. Robbie Webber Bike Walk Madison Steering Committee www.bikewalkmadison.org Join our group on Facebook! On Mon, Sep 14, 2009 at 10:44 AM, <[email protected]> wrote: > Thuy ran unopposed because no one ran against her. As someone who tries to > recruit candidates, I can assure all that "not me!" is the prevailing > answer when asking people to consider running for local elective office. > > Please?!? SOMEone? > >> I agree that rational arguments aren't going to work with Thuy's > supporters. However, they can work for everyone else. Thuy ran > unopposed in 2009. Her lack of opposition seemed to be based on the > perception that she was unbeatable. But in 2007 she won by a margin of > only 12 votes. Thuy is very beatable, but in order to convince a > potential opposing candidate that Thuy is vulnerable, people have got to > start spreading the word about her lack of effectiveness. > >> _______________________________________________ >> Bikies mailing list >> [email protected] >> http://lists.danenet.org/listinfo.cgi/bikies-danenet.org > > _______________________________________________ > Bikies mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.danenet.org/listinfo.cgi/bikies-danenet.org > _______________________________________________ Bikies mailing list [email protected] http://lists.danenet.org/listinfo.cgi/bikies-danenet.org
