Now that the election is over, it's time to start planning for the 2007 municipal election in the City of Keene.
As campaign manager for he who shall not be named, I have been doing some research, and have a strategy. Looking forward to discussing it with you at Sunday's meeting (http://forum.soulawakenings.com/index.php?topic=325.0).
VOTE VOLDEMORT
why settle for a lesser evil?
P.S. Ian? A campaign manager???? Brilliant! Karma & luv to Ian 4 eva!
Quote from: d_goddard on November 08, 2006, 03:44 PM NHFT
VOTE VOLDEMORT
why settle for a lesser evil?
Do you write him in when all others on the ticket are rotten? :)
Quote from: d_goddard on November 08, 2006, 03:44 PM NHFT
P.S. Ian? A campaign manager???? Brilliant! Karma & luv to Ian 4 eva!
I've done it before. I'm more excited about my candidate this time around though, so it should be better.
To win, of course. Education is a side benefit.
Quote from: Bruehound on November 09, 2006, 06:08 AM NHFT
Ian, is this going to be a campaign to win or a libertarian 'educational' campaign? PM me, as I might be able to assist from afar.
scott bludorn
Scott, I look forward to the day when you will be able to assist from anear. ;D
Ian, glad to hear this news. The movement needs effective campaign managers as much as it needs effective candidates.
Quote from: Rocketman on November 09, 2006, 10:16 AM NHFT
The movement needs effective campaign managers as much as it needs effective candidates.
.... and your rates are very reasonable, given your proven 100% success rate :icon_pirat:
I'd like to see a clearinghouse of information from successful campaign managers so I can borrow some ideas. Perhaps you could write something up and post it on FSBlogs?
"How We Won"
By Rocketman
Ian, glad to see some talk of electoral stuff out there in Keene. Are Keene's elections non-partisan?
Quote from: FTL_Ian on November 09, 2006, 10:41 AM NHFT
I'd like to see a clearinghouse of information from successful campaign managers so I can borrow some ideas. Perhaps you could write something up and post it on FSBlogs?
"How We Won"
By Rocketman
Actually I think that kind of knowledge is best shared on the NHFree Wiki (or on any wiki in general as opposed to a blog or forum format)
Quote from: Ruger Mason on November 09, 2006, 11:39 AM NHFT
Ian, glad to see some talk of electoral stuff out there in Keene. Are Keene's elections non-partisan?
Yes, but that's all the better for my plan.
Quote from: FTL_Ian on November 09, 2006, 10:41 AM NHFT
I'd like to see a clearinghouse of information from successful campaign managers so I can borrow some ideas. Perhaps you could write something up and post it on FSBlogs?
"How We Won"
By Rocketman
I will be writing a detailed analysis of the election and lessons learned. I'm not sure what form it will take, or how it will be disseminated. I'll probably write it while I'm in WV from Thanksgiving through Xmas, unless I'm inspired to write it before then.
I also fully intend to make myself useful as a consultant to any pro-liberty campaigns I can help. The last few months have been a crash course in this for me, and I'll be more than happy to share what I've learned.
Make sure you post a link on this forum perhaps in the political section, please.
running to win in this case doesn't make much sense, but running to create a debate, or just to make sure Blastos doesn't get another free ride...that seems like an achievable goal. Doing the latter will free you guys up from the need to candycoat everything. You're probably not going to do that anyway. Why not turn the near impossibility of a win into an advantage and have fun with it?
One of the things I can't stand is when politicians say they expect to win and it's obvious there's little chance they will. It's an indicator they're not honest. It would be refreshing to have a candidate admit they are a longshot.
Heh... we can run to win and have fun. More details on the plan coming soon.
Quote from: DadaOrwell on November 12, 2006, 09:42 PM NHFT
running to win in this case doesn't make much sense
Don't make me smite you on your court date, Dada >:D
I've known Richard Lion for a few years. He has run for a number of local Hartford offices on a 'pot legalization' platform. He was, actually, invited to a debate in the last Mayoral election. Although he had ample opportunity to offer a Libertarian solution to every problem posed in the debate, he claimed the legalization of MJ would solve the problem. It was embarrasing. I didn't bother to go out and vote for him. I don't know if the other lib in my ward did or not.
http://www.courant.com/news/local/hr/hc-5hou1102.artnov02,0,6044310.story
Arline Dunlop in Meriden, CT, embarrassed me in a debate with folks running for state rep one year. In answer to a question on healthcare she stated that high colonics would solve everyone's health problems.
She did win the Meriden Record-Journal Deane C. Avery Award (http://www.lp.org/lpnews/printer_855.shtml) for her community activism in 2005, though.
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In late May, Libertarian Arline Dunlop was notified that she had been awarded $500 from statewide newspaper The Day, as the winner of the paper's annual Deane C. Avery Award for her community activism.
Dunlop's activities include "speaking during the public comment portions of city council meetings and routinely running for political office on the Libertarian ticket," wrote a reporter for the Record-Journal, her local newspaper.
The award was named for the former editor and publisher of The Day, who was also a member of the state Freedom of Information Commission. It is given annually to a person who advocates for the people's right to information the government wants to keep secret, or who protects the freedom of speech.
Dunlop was nominated for the award by James H. Smith of the Record-Journal, who wrote in his nomination letter that she "loves democracy and honest, open, responsive government."
Dunlop was to be honored during the Connecticut Council on Freedom of Information annual meeting on June 23.
"She marches, she protests, she sits in the offices of the high and mighty for hours, waiting to see them and ask them questions they do not want to answer," Smith said.
Mayor Mark D. Benigni of Meriden ? where Dunlop lives ? has presided over many meetings Dunlop has been involved in. He called her a "tireless advocate for the citizens of Meriden," saying she "works hard to make sure all the citizens of Meriden have a voice."
Dunlop explained that she has been a mayoral candidate in Meriden three times herself ? and plans to run again for that position in November.
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