On March 18th...
...I sat atop the steps at City Hall and held a press conference wherein I delivered the following announcement:
"Greetings, I am glad all of you could make it. I am here today to announce my candidacy in the Mayoral Election, here in Muenster Texas, to take place on May 7th. I am running against incumbant Mayor Henry Weinzapfel, who recently declined any public discussion or debate with me, upon what each of us has planned for the future of Muenster. I believe we can do more, achieve greater works, and save the good taxpayers of this town money if we look forward to embrace progress, welcoming, rather than refusing to hear or speak with those individuals who believe that they have developed or discovered 'better ways' of doing things. If elected, I promise to work tirelessly to lower taxes by identifying those short-term budget cuts that have cuased most of our long-term management problems. If elected, I promise to work to provide an environment where economic development is expected rather than scoffed at. And, although a sitting Mayor actually holds little real power, I hope to act in an influential manner as a unifying factor between all of our board controlled entities, seeing to it that each one works more closely with and in conjunction with the other, so that each one is benefiting from the other's resources. Moreover, if elected I promise to see to it that Muenster becomes a town that other communities wish to emulate by seeing to it that we find and adopt those 'better ways' that will lead to better days for us all... And now, I'll take any questions you may have."
The announcement was carried over the air via 1580 KGAF, and representative from the Gainesville Daily Register & the Weekly News of Cooke County were there to witness the event. While 75% of the media outlets from Cooke County were there, noticably absent was my actual hometown newspaper, the Muenster Enterprise, who told me that they didn't cover political campaigning...
Since then I have been shaking hands and passing out very limited campaign fliers. My point being to spend little to nothing on the actual campaign, given that the position doesn't pay anything.
My ultimate platform being that we should plan and build with two considerations in mind; one, how with this project affect our long-term management operations, and how will it ease financial woes while providing what service.
I believe we need to be far more foresighted in our present budgeting, basically.
