Election Fever

Oh, I have election fever and I am worn out! The Lincoln City mayor's seat is a close race. The fangs came out with lots of rumors about Dick and of course I take that as an assault on me. I did chose to marry the guy anyway. Wait! Nothing personal was said about girlfriends or affairs or anything...just how he stands on some hot issues in town. Dick would rather not stoop so low as to argue back but a number of supporters have sent letters to the editor in our newspaper so things still get ugly. This is why I don't like politics.

The good news is that we have lots of people (some we are suprised to hear from) coming up and telling us they are voting for Dick. Some say they were strong supporters of his opponent in the past but have jumped ship. I think there is a good chance he will win, but it will be close and it will be a battle.

We have busily put up signs and banners in highly visible places around town. Lori, who is very green, had said in the past she would never litter the environment with yards signs. She now has yard signs. One of our supporters printed us bumper stickers. Lori printed bumper stickers. We have had some wonderful buttons from day one. Finally, Lori made some buttons. Wish she would get a marketing plan of her own. I just hope the citizens have noticed how she copies us along the way. Ouch!

My means of coping with stress from all of this is to cook/bake/can. I hope all my friends are hungry as the stress level rises. Today I made two batches of blackberry jam and finished up some applesauce. Tomorrow we go to Lake Oswego and make apple cider at Brett's house. At least we will get a day off to spend with family.

I have been working with Dick on mailings, writing his bio, answering questions from the employee union, the Newport newspaper questions, setting up for a Senior Fair this next week, Photos to use...take them and print them, make food for some coffees we have attended at friends houses to talk to neighbors, designing one last postcard to send out, doing bulk mailings, spending 5 hours at Safeway for a fundraiser where I did the work so Dick could talk to people coming through, writing letters to the editor for another campaigner, and anything else we can do. The house is dirty. We are on top of things for the campaign.

This week starts the radio interviews, prep for radio ads, the Senior Fair, a Candidates Fair for Federal, State, County and City hopefuls and still maintaining the usual with coffee at different coffee places each day of the week traveling to all ends of the city. The postcard should be printed and I will get to work labeling them so they can be mailed in about 10 days. Whew! Can't wait until November 2nd. Oh, wait! I have to plan the election night event. I will relax next month.

It's just another day on the campaign trail.