A lot of voters are worried about national issues, but others told me about their complaints with the bus service and a dangerous intersection that needs traffic control measures. When politicians neglect these neighborhoods, they don't get this information and continue to ignore their needs.
Knocking on voters doors this weekend to tell them about my campaign. One voter in Mont. Village said she used to live in a "more affluent" neighborhood and would get 5 canvassers in a weekend. Since she moved 4 years ago she's seen 2 including me.
This is a choice.
Not transit! They were with Reworld (waste management). Sadly I missed their representative speaking, since I had to step out.
So far we've heard from people working in hospice care, homelessness & affordable housing, and food security organizations who are not being fully funded in the proposed budget.
I also see a lot of high vis shirts in the audience, so expect to hear about transit funding.
At the public budget hearing and we have a lot of people and organizations represented in the hearing room.
Candidate forum tomorrow at 3pm! You can watch on YouTube here: www.youtube.com/@MontgomeryC...
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Are we prepared, as a blue county, to be left without federal support when a disaster strikes? I've been worried since this administration took over about the politicization of disaster aid, and it looks justified!
I'm reminded of these wise words from Mr. Fred Rogers on what would have been his 98th birthday. We are all in this together. Let's renew ourselves to the fight for the common good. It's all the more important during these difficult times.
County hiring needs to be audited, big time.
Well if they can transfer my loans to a department I didn't make an agreement with, I'm transferring my loan responsibility to Elon.
Someone left me a voicemail yesterday screaming about how much he hates bicyclists and bike lanes and how he'll vote against anyone supporting the "bicycle lobby." I had left a message for his wife asking about HER concerns for the upcoming election...
Democrats — here's your campaign ad for 2026.
HOPE, FOR ME, COMES FROM THE PAST’ BY ESSAYIST REBECCA SOLNIT ‘HOPE IS THE THING WITH FEATHERS,’ EMILY DICKINSON famously wrote, and that often leads to pictures of doves sitting quietly and looking sweet, but what if hope is an albatross that can soar for years without stopping, or an osprey that can haul a thrashing salmon out of rough waters? People tend to think hope is fluffy and frail, but it’s the force that has kept people going in the worst circumstances, the commitment to pursue the possibilities even when they seem remote. There are so many things hope is not: it is not optimism, which assumes that the future will be fine, and which requires nothing of us, any more than cynicism, despair, defeatism and doomerism do. It is not a prophesy of the future, since it arises in part from recognising that we make the future in the present and that it will be shaped by countless factors, visible and invisible, including our own participation. It is not an upbeat feeling or a feeling at all, since people in the worst circumstances have hoped that their efforts to free themselves might be met with success, that their bleakcondition might not be permanent or that their children might live to see a better time. second half of text with second post/photo
‘HOPE IS THE THING WITH FEATHERS,’ EMILY DICKINSON
famously wrote, and that often leads to pictures of doves sitting quietly and looking sweet, but what if hope is an albatross that can soar for years without stopping, or an osprey that can haul a thrashing salmon out of rough waters?
Speak for yourself, Ross!
John, are you threatening me with a good time?
I can't wait for a bunch of people who would have happily punched MLK Jr. themselves for blocking the bridge to tell us exactly what they think he'd say about current events and protest methods!
Freezing my butt off at the bus stop before volunteering for the MLK Day of Service. Anyone else wishing MLK Jr. was born in a warmer month right now? 🥶
These people don't have a sense of humor. They don't joke. They just want you to get used to the idea before they try it.
There's a reason why sports teams don't chant "I believe that we will lose" before a game, a reason so obvious that I'm pretty sure it needs no explanation in that context. Words have power. They not only describe but shape reality; we take vows – spiritual vows, marital vows, oaths of office, become accountable for our words when we testify under oath in court or in Congress or just make a verbal commitment. Our words shape reality when we tell someone they're worthless or valuable, beautiful or ugly, beloved or unloveable, which is a bit like chanting "I believe that you will win." Or lose. A friend of mine reminded me that the word encourage literally means to instill courage; we can do that or its opposite with how we speak, with what we say, with how we show up. It's not the only work we can do during this emergency, but it's an important part of it. It's a big part of how we express a spirit of defiance, of resoluteness, how we act with the knowledge that emotions and attitudes are contagious, be they fear or courage, strength or weakness, kindness or cruelty. Which is why it makes my head explode – picture this head as a volcano and these words as lava – when people surrender in advance verbally, which they do all the time about politics. There's a lot of "I believe that we will lose" on social media and in the news. One way it shows up is when journalists report on some of the rubbish spewing from the mouth of the geriatric clown/felon we have to call president as though his every utterance had the weight of law, as though words will become actions, as though the actions will succeed, as though they will not be met with opposition, as though they believe he will win.
Seems like time to re-up:
There's a reason why sports teams don't chant "I believe that we will lose" before a game, a reason so obvious that I'm pretty sure it needs no explanation in that context. Words have power. They not only describe but shape reality....
Got a great gift today from a friend. I hope to hang it prominently in my office some day. 💙
They're not going far enough. "Rebrand." "Revamp." "Reform."
Nope. Not far enough. Needs to be permanently disbanded because who is going to enforce these reforms and extremely onerous restrictions? They're not even letting elected officials see what's going on in these concentration camps ffs
