Born to run

I've never been one to do things because "that's how it's always been done." In fact, that phrase is the surest way to get me moving in another direction. I think there's always need for change. If "that's the way we've always done it" was everyone's philosophy we'd all be sitting around the warm glow of our whale oil lanterns and going to the barber for a good bleedin' whenever we got sick. Fellow blogger btyfrd at The Flogging of America offers high praise for what she has noticed is going to be an unconventional campaign: There's one candidate, who is running for city council in the 2007 election who decided to avoid that trap. His blog is arguably the best resource to keep up with Kansas City politics, policy, and problems. He makes his positions clear and is not afraid to take a stand, and it's just words on a screen. Mark Forsythe is quietly breaking the rules of campaigns and I have to say that I like it. Reading posts like hers really gets me fired up! Breaking the rules. You got that right. The rules say you have to raise a ton of money, kiss the right uhh... let's say rings, and not upset the powers that be. That's fine for the "way we've always done it" crowd but it's just not my style. I say have good ideas, reach out to voters, campaign hard, very hard and let your opponents scramble for the money. I actually had one opponent call me and claim he was going to raise $250,000 for this race. A couple of months later he told someone else $150,000. I wonder what the figure is down to now? Anyway either figure is insane. Let's break all the rules. A little revolution every now and then is good for the soul.