Thank You For Your Time.

I imagine it was an annoyance to have me, and the other candidates, bother you at home.  We came by, sometimes more than once, to introduce ourselves, tell you about our platforms and other brilliant ideas, show you what charming people we are, and ask you to consider voting for us.  And we left you paper debris, again sometimes more than once, which you either read or simply discarded.

We invited you to contact us if you had any questions, as if you were looking for new friends.  The fact is, some of us made new friends among you, and maybe vice versa.  And some of you actually did contact us, for which we are deeply grateful.

But you put up with this, as you do every two years, and I, and I'm sure the rest of us, appreciate it.  Please reassure yourselves that we do take this seriously.  We didn't impose ourselves on you frivolously.  We learned from you and about you, and the goal was to know what's important to you, so that those of us who win Commission seats can cultivate a Village that serves you and works for you.  Or if we thought we couldn't, we took the time and trouble to explain why not.

So thank you for your time.  We owe you.  And whichever of us win, we want you to come to Commission meetings, at least from time to time, so you can collect on the debt.

Fred Jonas