Tuesday, November 06, 2007
Secret Weapons of the Neary Campaign
As the election nears its close, I want to brag on two of my secret weapons. First secret weapon is son Patrick, who stepped up after my right elbow got hurt. I lost track of the number of signs that Pat planted in yards and rights of way as his dad looked on nursing a sore arm. It was a labor of love, and I am very grateful to him. There were adults who stepped up to help, and I am grateful to them as well, but there is something really emotionally moving about watching your own son go to this kind of trouble.
Meanwhile, this is the first election that JoAnna could vote in, and so she eagerly tore into the envelope and voted Neary (I hope!). While you and I have seen the "Secrecy Envelope" for years, JoAnna viewed it with the fresh eyes of a newcomer. She really got a big kick out of the name. I have to admit, I could not tell her why the envelopes have two eyeholes, but I plan to ask.
By the way, there is a lot of controversy about whether lawn signs even matter. Check out this great post from a Seattle online newspaper about the futility - and yet the necessity - of campaign signs. I cut back on my sign efforts after hearing about a variety of campaigns, such as one recently in Spokane, where people put up a ton of signs at a lot of cost and got little results. So one benefit of voting for me is that maybe if I win, the victory will validate my approach and there will be fewer yard signs out there overall!
