I want to say a word to the people stealing our lawn signs. Well, two words: Thank you!
There are 600 of those signs around the county. They are in Gaines, Potter Brook, Morris, Liberty, Tioga, and in every borough and township. You are saving us a lot of trouble. Please dispose of them properly.
Seriously, by stealing those signs, you do absolutely nothing to damage our campaign. The only thing you accomplish is to make an honorable man, Sheriff Young, look bad. He's probably more upset by this nonsense than me. But the garbage you threw in my lawn does have a receipt with a time stamp from the Wellsboro Mini-Mart.
Along that vein, allow me to rant to the rest of our political opposition. Why are you so angry? Our campaign simply has a different perspective than you.
Is it really so bad that someone is challenging the way we do things? Well, get used to it.
You make a point of saying I am running for office because it's "on my bucket list." Here's something else on my bucket list - I intend to make sure no one ever runs unopposed for a county-wide office again. I am going to make sure people have a choice when they vote.
This campaign, and our thousands of supporters, expect more from the courthouse. We expect more than politicians who stay in office long after they run out of ideas that better the county. We expect more than politicians seeking a paycheck and a cushy retirement.
You want to know why voter turnout is so low? Why people are so apathetic? It's because you entrenched few and your very vocal, angry supporters have exerted control in the county for so long, and so completely, that people feel like their voices and their votes don't matter.
I intend to change that.
I intend, with the support of this campaign, and those thousands of silent voters, to seek out candidates for every county office, during every election cycle. We intend to make every incumbent work to keep their job. Yes, we intend to make them spend money on a campaign. We intend to make them organize and garner support from the people.
With the input of our supporters, we will seek out candidates. Housewives, teachers, small business owners, retirees, gasline workers, machinists, dock workers, truckers, office workers, waitstaff, farmers, bartenders, and anyone else who feels under-represented or ignored, will all be asked to get involved. If any of them want to run for office, we will help them. Maybe we can even start a political action committee just for that purpose.
If you don't like me or my ideas, or the goals and ideas of our campaign, I get it. Vote for the other guy. Campaign for the other guy. But our campaign will continue to talk about ideas and goals. And we will do so long after May 21st.
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