False Start

I was asked why I didn't walk in the Brookside St. Patrick's Day Parade this past weekend. A couple of my opponents chose to enter the parade and some of my supporters were concerned that I had lost valuable face time. Maybe. Maybe not. I was there. Volunteering like I always do, directing traffic at the staging area to keep the parade moving. Definitely not high profile but that's not the point of volunteer work anyway. At the last minute the Brookside Merchants invited me to ride in the last car with them. No campaigning. No flyers. Just waving at our friends and thanking them for coming. I had a blast. The City Council election is still a year away and we have several elected offices to consider before then. State representatives and senators are coming up for election this summer. As is Jackson County Executive and the Legislature. Don't forget about the KC School Board (most people do). I just felt like my time was better spent doing a little community service and not a lot of self-promotion. It just seems a tad early for parades. I seems one appearance was not too well received anyway. Check out The Flossing of America blog. (Their blog contains some mature content and very unpolitically correct satire so be forewarned). Not that I would even consider it in the first place but I can assure you we won't be paying people or bribing them with t-shirts in our campaign.