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Good, Bad, & Ugly

September 6, 2006 by Leave a Comment

The Primary Election is over and that in itself is reason to celebrate. This has been a long, hard week for all of us and I for one and glad it is over. Some races turned like we wanted, others not so much. But we got through. Here is my take on the election: the good, the bad and the ugly.

First, the good. I was glad to see that two of our school board members retained their seats for another term. The bad news is that Sandy did not get 50% so she faces a run off. But none the less, all those ladies deserve a round of applause for all the hard work and the finger pointing that they had to endure. Kudos to you!

The bad. Many of us are sad that Gallagher just couldn’t pull it off, especially after all the hard work that we put into this one. But in the end it just wasn’t meant to be. And that my friend is politics. It’s not the first race that I was disappointed in the final results and I’m sure it won’t be the last. I don’t particularly like it, but I will have to learn to live with it and move on.

I keep thinking about the 11 year old boy that came to Gallagher HQ the other day all fired up about electing Tom and how disappointed he must feel tonight as well. He was such an inspiration to me and Christina. A well spoken young lad with political aspirations of his own- running a successful campaign now for student council president. I have no doubt that he will go far. Maybe all the way to the Governor’s chair himself.

Finally, the ugly. I was extremely disappointed in many of the comments between candidates in the County Commission race. It was uncalled for and unnecessary- and I hope that we can all put our differences behind us and move on. I was talking to a friend the other day that reminded me, ” This is the sort of thing that can split a party.” And that is so true. When it is all said and done at the end of the day we are all Republicans and we still have a job to do come November, so we need to come together and do it.

And that’s what the Unity dinner is all about. I hope you will join us on Thursday with your head held high to celebrate what it truly means to be a Republican.

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On the Campaign Trail…

September 1, 2006 by Leave a Comment

Last night I made a stopped in to cheer on the school board ladies in their debate sponsored by the League of Women Voters. We had a pretty full house- not every seat was filled but the room was at least 2/3 full. Dorworth was there also and several members of the Executive Committe including Jim Stelling, Sharon and the girls, and Sandy Adam’s right hand gal. I can’t remember her name. oops!

Anyway, it was a good debate. I wasn’t really up on all the logistics that they were talking about- but gimme a break. I’ve only been here a year. But I understood the political posturing and other tactics used.

My take is that the school board ladies looked good. They came across as the most intelligent and had the most thought out answers of everyone on the panel. I suppose it comes down to this: they know their s*** ! Their opponents many times had to stumble to get their words out.

Afterward, I hung around and listened in on the room murmur to get everyone else’s take. I overheard that Jeanne and Diane are both polling well. But that it is Sandy that is in danger of losing her seat. This is in part due to the 3 man race. People are just not sure that she will get enough votes to make it to the runoff. I sure hope she does. But she still needs our help.


Today, Mark and I went to the Gallagher Rally downtown. It was great. We saw Jim Stelling, Ariel Christenson, and some OCYR’s there. (By my estimate about 50 turned out for this event.) We cheered and waited for the bus. Tom greeted everyone outside. Then we went inside. They had a short program. Then Tom posed for pictures, signed autographs ( another one to add to my collection), and listened to voters concerns.

He was very positive about the race. Many of his comments today centered around florida families, right to life, and gay marriage. He stressed the importance of protecting Florida’s families- and why we need to send a family to the governor’s mansion not a bachelor. lol. He was accompanied by his wife Laura, who stood by him during his speech. Son Christopher was not in attendance today- since it was a school day and he missed a day last week for the debate. But he mentioned that Chris would be joining him again soon enough on the campaign trail.

The past two days have been good and a lot has been accomplished so far. We still have four days to go so get out, make appearances, walk for candidates, pass out literature, call voters, work the polls- let’s do what we can to get good Republicans elected to office.

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