>>Tiririca was a TV clown, he ran for Congress.
>>He won because he said things like "Do you know
>>what a Congressman does? I don't know either.
>>Put me there and I will tell you".
>I am also running for political office,
>for the tenth time...~{
Good luck :-)
Alberto Monteiro
>Proving the old adage, if at first you don't
>succeed, don't have the common sense to quit?
>Dave
I was starting to get name recognition around the 6th or 7th campaign, then I
got married, took my wife's name and had to start over from scratch.
Incumbents almost always get re-elected and are usually put into office by the
local political machine. The one exception was Bobby Shriver, whose
brother-in-law is the Governator.
Most serious candidates raise at least $100,000, much of which comes from
special interests; developers, realtors, city employees, etc. The job pays
$12,000 a year but you have control over a budget of 554 MILLION bucks, for a
city of 80,000!
I'm running because I want to oppose that system and give residents a voice in
how those millions are spent with a virtual town hall forum on the city
website, for transparency, and to hold city officials accountable.
Jon
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