Six months ago I began the run for Vermont State House Representative. Having never assembled a “kitchen cabinet”, chosen a campaign manager, or strategized a campaign plan, we did what most common sense Vermonters do – ask wiser friends and family and hope they have some good ideas. They did. We gathered talented friends, well-connected [...]
The last few weeks have been an amazing experience. Thanks to friends like teenager Matt Lyon from Brownington, Susan Watson from Newport, Nancy Tessier, Mary Kennison, Nancy and Peter Engles from Charleston, Donna Young in Morgan, Mark Emmons in Derby, Debra & Sebastian Sulser in Kirby, and numerous other behind-the-scene folks who have stepped forward [...]
It’s been a while since I last blogged, but if you’ve been following my Facebook updates everyday, I’ve been doing much more than writing. The Primary came and went, and even though I was one of the two Democrats on the ballot, for two seats, there was no real “losing”. For me, it was a barometer on [...]
All backroads today in the beautiful town of Brownington. My son James and I met up with our friend, and fellow martial artist, Matt Lyon (Robert & Rose Lyon’s boy). The latest rain storms really did a number on the Hinman Settler Road, and I think a horse & buggy really would have been an easier [...]
I thought I would jump-start into blogging by laying out my plan: (1) complete a regular “issues” blog every 1-2 weeks, and allow comments, and (2) write a series of blog stories related to what people in Orleans 1 say they need and want. If I’m lucky, I’ll get some quotes, and permission to share some of their personal [...]
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