Mixed Emotions

Good news and bad news for my campaign this morning. First the bad. I open this morning's paper to find that Yael Abouhalkah has written a column about the City Council races. He has endorsed one of my opponents as "intriguing newcomer". I could deal with this if I had ever spoken to Mr. Abouhalkah. If he had talked to all the candidates and clearly felt I was not the best choice, I could at least agree to disagree and walk away. The fact is he has not spoken with me. He has made his judgements based entirely on the Citizens Association interviews. Since I declined to go before the Citizens Association, I missed an opportunity to impress him. That is my blunder. I could have at least gone to the interviews. I admit a tactical error on my part. It's not the first mistake I've made in this campaign, and it probably won't be the last. The fact that a Star columnist is too lazy to seek out all the candidates is his blunder. I have made it no secret my disdain for endorsing organizations that not only accept money from PACs, but demand "reimbursement" for their "endorsement costs". I even sent out a Press Release on the matter, which apparently the Star has chosen to ignore. Oh well. Enough whining. Poor me. Boo hoo. The mean old Star is ignoring me. Okay, I'm over it. Now the good news. Perhaps this is a precursor of things to come. New Media versus Old Media. Local blogger My World as I Shot It has given me my first official endorsement. He calls it the Loco News Political Website Award for Excellence. I love the informality of blogs. Mr. Abalos begins his post by apologizing for a delay because he was outside working on his roof! That's my kind of endorsement. An ordinary citizen, finishes patching a hole in his roof, and climbs down a ladder long enough to go inside and handicap the 4th in-district council race. Take that Old Media! Correction: It has been brought to my attention that Tony's Kansas City and Gone Mild have endorsed my candidacy before My World as I Shot It. When I'm wrong, I say I'm wrong. Thanks to a concerned tipster for pointing that out and a big mea culpa to Tony and Dan.