The Early Bird Gets The Boot?

One of my opponents got kicked out of the Brookside Art Fair this past weekend for campaigning within the boundaries of the artists' tent. Obviously I enjoyed this news more than the average voter. I find a little schadenfreude is good for the soul every now and then. I appreciate this person's enthusiasm (kind of) but I don't think it was the right time, or even the right place for campaigning. I just think public campaigning for the city council is a bit premature. Between now and the city primary in February we have an August primary in which we are going to decide representatives for the Jackson County Legislature, the MO state house and senate as well as US Senate. Then we'll have a general election in November. I prefer to campaign when invited, but not be overt about it. I'm getting plenty of publicity in the blogosphere and that's a place where people can either choose to read about the campaign or not. It's not like I'm placing myself between them and a new painting for their living room. Maybe I'm the one that's wrong. Maybe I should be marching in parades and lurking around art fairs with campaign literature. Is it just me?