Strange, not only do I have my regular slew of lawnsigns, so do all my neighbors. Actually, we've got several new houses with signs this year. I guess Portland ave is always a hotbed of visual activism.
On the assumption that campaigns aren't using volunteers, I spent a few hours last weekend lit dropping for Paul Wellstone. I'm signed up to phone for him and will be taking election day off to volunteer. Not to assume that Wellstone's your guy, but if it was his office that you called and were turned away, you clearly didn't get the right person on the phone. I'm sorry about that. If you'd still like to volunteer for any campaign, I'm sure they have plenty to do in the last days before the election. I'd be willing to hook you up with some work for Paul and I'm sure others will sign you up to work for their party's candidates. Sue Ponsford Bryant Message: 2 From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Tue, 22 Oct 2002 15:19:05 EDT To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [Mpls] Where are all the lawn signs? A couple of people have questioned the dearth of lawn signs this year and I think I know why. I suspect all the money is going to other forms of advertising that are deemed to have a bigger bang for the buck. Alas, campaigns are changing. In the old days everything was done by volunteers and the work was simple, make calls, pound lawnsigns, stuff envelopes. One of the friends recently called a U. S. Senate campaign office and volunteered to help. The only thing the person who answered the phone could offer was the opportunity to host a fundraiser. So this is what it has come to - raise money to hire consultants to make media buys. How sad. Jan Del Calzo Lynnhurst __________________________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Y! Web Hosting - Let the expert host your web site http://webhosting.yahoo.com/ _______________________________________ Minneapolis Issues Forum - A City-focused Civic Discussion - Mn E-Democracy Post messages to: mailto:mpls@;mnforum.org Subscribe, Unsubscribe, Digest, and more: http://e-democracy.org/mpls
