I founght the good fight and finished the race.

Well all I can say is …I am so glad the elections are over and done with. For the record, just in case there is anyone out there that presumes to think I have been sitting here licking my wounds and fretting about losing by only 3 votes, let me assure you that I am not. I actually felt a huge relief that it was over. The more I got involved in the campaign and looked at the issues at hand; I realized that I could be more vocal about things that need to be brought up by being the average citizen on the street. So to all you folks that are now sitting in the catbird seat, look out because I have been making a list and I promise to be very vocal about it.

I learned a few things by running for office. I learned there are still people out there are dead set against a woman being in any kind of political office. There is still a good old boy attitude out there. The glass ceiling still waits to be broken. I learned that people will try their best to dig up some dirt on you and if they can’t find any they will just flat out make something up trying to get a rise out of you. I am truly amazed at the people that will throw stones while living in a glass house. I have to wonder just who appointed those stone throwers as the paragons of virtue?

I also learned that people will tell you with their mouth that they will vote for you but their body language and eyes say they won’t. I never will understand that one. I will tell a person why I won’t vote for them. Why can’t people just tell the truth and be done with it when the person seeking office comes to the door? “Yes of course I’ll vote for you.” Or “ I’m sorry but you don’t stand for what I believe in and I am going to vote for the other candidate.” Now how hard is that? It’s a simple matter of being truthful and I have been known to be brutally honest with folks that knocked on my door. You can ask many that have ventured to my door asking for votes.

Will I run again? I won’t say yes but I probably won’t. I’m not a politician. I wasn’t running for an office because I wanted a ‘title’. I have plenty of those that I don’t use now. And it sure wasn’t for the prestige of the job. I wanted to work and be an honest beacon for people that don’t like to speak out for various reasons. But as Saint Paul said “I fought the good fight and I have finished the race.”

And that is all I have to say about that. Now if you will excuse me, I have a list to get back to.