Found out that there’s some “extended nomination period” for this race, so I won’t have official notice that I’m a “qualified candidate” until Wednesday. I took the extra day to polish up some things. Fingers crossed no more delays. Setting up is going well, should have a decent basic set of “complete” materials by tomorrow.
The home page is essentially complete, outlining what I and the campaign are about. Several supporting pages are also in place, plus some “coming soon” placeholder pages as I continue to flesh out my views for your consideration.
Of special note, I’ve outlined my plan for a District Advisory Council, a centerpiece of the campaign.
Still missing (not even placeholder pages) but also in the works: My bio, and my “positions” on issues. In short, my position on most issues is that a range of options are reasonable. I resist settling on specific solutions until time for debate has been exhausted — this is how I believe Congress should operate.
Happy Cinco de Mayo everyone. I’ll be 65 tomorrow, celebrating with family and friends in home town Berkeley.
I starting posting to social media, and dove right into issues around Voting (HANVA), which is a bit off base — I probably shouldn’t assume people immediately rush to spend an hour on the site. But social is fluid, I’ll post more today and later this week about the positive side of this campaign — how we can, in principle, pull back from the partisan mess we find ourselves in. That’s what it’s about, after all.
My interview on KQNY Quincy starts airing today, check it out!
I realized that the issue underlying everything I’m doing with this campaign is Equal Representation. It’s something we aspire to as a nation, and I believe it needs attention.
In other news:
Well, I’ve certainly thought about it for years (decades) but just decided to take the plunge this week. Now the site will be shared between my campaign, and other personal things. I just put up some basic placeholder content, with a pledge to provide full material by March 6, which is the due date for final filing.
(this is verbatim what I put on the campaign landing page)
There are still “hours to go”, so spend that minute if you haven’t already.
I just posted my “Campaign Closing” video to social and my short-video catalog, take a look.
Many thanks to all who have supported me on this fantastic adventure. I’ll be posting a full retrospective in a week or so, after what I consider a well-deserved break. See you then!
Ok, just filed my 40+ nomination signatures and other forms. Everything looks good, and I’m expecting to be officially on the list by Monday. Took the oath!
I’m repurposing my site to focus on the campaign, with any personal bits tucked into a corner but still up. Things will be in flux as I finish putting together campaign materials, including introduction video, for Tuesday. Stay tuned!