In December 2016, I decided to enter local politics, running for library board. This portion of the journal chronicles the details of that race; I’ve separated it out in the hopes that it might be helpful to any one else thinking of running for local office.
Below is a full list of all the Politics entries, in order (starting late 2016). In most browsers, you can open them in new tabs by right-clicking. Alternatively, to read through the whole series without having to click to open each page, visit the category page.
- Thanks April 4, 2017
- Victory. April 5, 2017
- Canvassing Redux April 5, 2017
- More thanks April 5, 2017
- File 770 April 5, 2017
- Running locally April 6, 2017
- Next steps April 10, 2017
- Moving April 10, 2017
- April 15, 2017
- Govern May 13, 2017
- Caring May 15, 2017
- Jacketed and invested June 4, 2017
- Board #2 June 27, 2017
- Civic July 22, 2017
- Strategic July 22, 2017
- Union BBQ September 17, 2017
- Transparent October 27, 2017
- Office November 8, 2017
- Meet and Greet November 11, 2017
- 4th District November 29, 2017
- Doug Jones December 12, 2017
- Brandon Johnson December 12, 2017
- Maze December 31, 2017
- Meeting January 23, 2018
- Board June 1, 2018
- Strategic Planning June 26, 2018
- Policy-Makers July 9, 2018
- A little press… September 4, 2018
- Democrats and Money, Redux September 10, 2018
- Kara Eastman for Congress September 10, 2018
- Budget October 24, 2018
- Voting Day November 6, 2018
- Diwali November 7, 2018
- Make November 11, 2018
- In Local Politics July 8, 2020
- Filling Out the Oak Leaves Newspaper March 5, 2021
- Having mentioned it in the last post, I suppose I might as well link to the Wall Street Journal piece that quoted me. October 19, 2023
- Board meeting done. October 26, 2023
- School board meeting 7-9:30 November 16, 2023