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I finally managed to sit down for a few minutes this morning and catch up with one of last Friday’s local newspapers. As I was reading it I came across another article about candidates who were having their signs stolen and/or missing from action. This of course fueled the fire on my frustration about the [...]
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Phewf. First official campaign day and what a whirlwind it was. CGC hosted a Seed Saving Workshop at the Mercury Theatre so that was my main commitment today. But luckily for me, the staff is so amazing that they were totally on the ball by the time I showed up at 830am and things were [...]
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For the last campaign, I helped to organize a public forum, so I’m hoping there will be a few opportunities to be on the other side of the table. I still stay firm that ‘face to face’ is the best way to interact and get a feel for a person, so other than door knocking [...]
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So today was another bit of a flip-flop day on the ‘paper versus paper-free’ campaign. But I just received an amazing idea from a facebook friend on using chalkboards. Now I can’t afford to buy a bunch of chalkboards but what about just ‘chalk?’ We often chalk on the sidewalk outside our office and although [...]
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So today, believe it or not, I went to have my ‘cards’ read. I was thinking I really needed all the help I could get to help me to decide whether I had made the right decision. And when I’m in these moments of self reflection, I like to hedge my bets and take all [...]
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It’s been a whirlwind few days. I finally went to City Hall today and paid my $100 and completed my paperwork. It was surprisingly easy – only 3 forms, but I still messed one up. Thankfully, the folks at City Hall are great to work with and always share a few laughs. The incumbent Mayor [...]
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After a very interesting and eye-opening few weeks, I finally made my decision to put my name forward to run for Duncan City Council. I was approached three years ago to run for the last election, but I felt too new in the community and I knew the timing wasn’t quite right for me. But [...]
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