After I retired, I was approached to run to be Town Supervisor of a small rural town in upstate NY. Since I had only lived in the town 15 years, I was, at best, an unknown person. After putting signs around the entire town, I knocked on 800+ doors (there were 2000 registered voters) to introduce myself and my ideas. The signs were very effective in that people knew that I was running for office. This made the conversation much easier. BTW, I won the election with 76% of the vote over a person who grew up in town. While I am not a politician by profession nor am I well versed in political campaigns, I believe that signs are very effective in local elections. How many of you know who the candidates are for the House of Representatives or for our state legislature? Please take time to learn about the local candidates and vote in November.
Oh BTW, this was all for a job that paid $10,000/year. My wife told me that it I was going to work this hard, I should have stayed in my original job!
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