I'm heading out to the precinct today to drop off literature for Don Saunders, candidate for Bedford Mayor, and Phil Stevens, candidate for Bedford Board of Education.
Notwithstanding the past few days of rain and dark, this is a beautiful time of year: the leaves are just a bit past their full color, and the temperatures are cool but not bitter. I would have liked to begin walking the precinct a few weeks ago, but my schedule didn't permit it; so today, I'll be concentrating primarily on households with at least one Democrat.
My message is pretty simple. Both the mayoral and school board races are nonpartisan, but that doesn't prohibit candidates from seeking the endorsements of the political parties. To the best of my knowledge, no candidates has asked for the endorsement of the Republican Party; but in each of these races, one candidate took the time and trouble to ask for the Democratic Party endorsement. Those candidates are our own councilman, Don Saunders, for mayor, and Phil Stevens for Board of Education. I think that their going through that extra step indicates not only that they share our values but that they were motivated enough to ask for that endorsement.
Although this walking in the fresh fall air is relatively pleasant, every time I do it I think that there has to be a better way. I'm sure that many of my neighbors would prefer some other way to keep in touch, and you would think that in today's technological age we could find one. But the fact is that postal mail is expensive, and we don't have email addresses for most of our neighbors. Here's my offer: I'll omit your address from my literature drops, if you'll give me an email address to send communications to. I promise not to share your email address without your explicit permission. To register for this lit-drop opt-out, send an email to BLavezzi@BWHdems.org.
