Category: 2007 Campaign

Decision Day

I had the very odd experience of voting for myself today. It was a thrill, and I had to take several deep breaths to ensure that I was filling out my ballot correctly. Flatteringly, the Journal sent a photographer to catch a shot of me at the ballot box—which I think is another good sign.… Read More

Mission Accomplished

Campaigning is over. I stepped the last sign in my inventory into a lawn in Haddow at about 5:15pm, and then had to run my volunteers back to HQ. I hit two more doors after that: my neighbours across the street, whose son Paul has been a huge help, and become a good friend; and… Read More

The Day of 1,000 Doors

Flyering with our get out the vote piece is finally done, but for a couple hundred here and there that people will finish today. We sent out about 22,000, each specific to the neighbourhood with reflections on the main issue heard on the doors and specific information about where to vote tomorrow. With this done,… Read More

Poised

As of tonight, I’ve connected meaningfully with voters in every poll in Ward 5, which was a goal of mine from early in the campaign. My other goal was to knock on 10,000 doors, though I’m not sure if I’ve accomplished that since we lost track late in the summer. I think we’re close, but… Read More

Home Stretch

We’re almost there. One last weekend of flyering and power-knocking to bring it home. At this point I’m feeling great about all the one-on-one contact this campaign has already made with Edmontonians in Ward 5. I’m proud that we haven’t had to resort to robot dialers to reach people, and that we reached a majority… Read More