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Even though we're a swing town, old habits are hard to break, and many people still don't believe a Democrat can win unless they have been politically active for decades, so I need to work harder than anyone else.
Even if I didn't have the stigma of the partisan version of the Curse of the Bambino to fight, the candidates I face are all incredibly formidable, so I knew i'd have to go above and beyond what is considered traditional campaigning for a state rep in Merrimack.
I wish I had gotten a picture of the grass in front of Zyla's, a really cheap retail store here in town, and a local landmark of sorts, particularly when it comes to gauging who is seriously campaigning.
At the beginning of August/end of July, my signs were the only ones up along with Pamela Coughlin for Registrar of Deeds.
Right now, there are signs for me, Coughlin, John Stephens, Jeb Bradley, Deb Pignatelli, Stephen Stepanek, Peter Batula, Jim O'Neil, Arthur Beaudry, and I believe one or two more. By the end of September, you won't be able to see the ground on that tiny strip of grass and dirt.
Some people have asked me why I got my signs up so early, and to that I now quote Pedro Martinez...
"I don't believe in no stinking curses."
We make our own luck in life.
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