Bocephus wrote: Mike I can get you 4 votes from my family (rest live in other wards)

Bocephus,

Thank you!!!  Your votes will be appreciated.  I will do my very best to justify yourconfidence, both during the campaign and, if elected, during my two-year term.

I hope thatyou will find the time, the opportunity, and the motivation to urge yourneighbors and your friends in the First Ward all to:

Remember in November: THEY’LL LIKE MIKE!

If they arenot registered to vote, encourage them to register!!!

VietVet wrote: Too corrupt, too many lobbyists and politicians with special agendas designed to screw the American people and too engrained in boys club backslapping for too many years to bust up. We keep putting garbage in place to do the country's business because there is no other choices. Where do we start to break up the crap that goes on in our city, state and federal governments? Can't do it by electing decent people.(if we can find decent people to run for office) They soon become as bad as the ones we just got rid of. Whatta we do and how do we maintain it if we do find a solution?

VietVet,

Perhaps Ican humbly offer one suggestion.

I realizethat you do not live in Ward One, but certainly you know people that do live inWard One.  You and I have met, and spokenat length.  You know me and you knowwhere I stand.  I have made over 2,200posts here on MiddletownUSA and several hundred more on the now defunctMiddletown Journal blogs prior to their demise, all using my real name.  I have spoken before City Council, and at various public meetings many times.  Therefore, I have a record of where I standand what I have said.  People can look itup if they care to do so.

The onlytimes that I have “changed” have been when I have discovered new information onthe subject under discussion, or someone has made a compelling argument thathas swayed my stance.  But isn't "change" like that a GOOD thing???

Perhaps theanswer to the dilemma you posed above is as simple as talking to everyone thatyou know in the First Ward who is 18 or over (or will be by election day) andconvincing them to VOTE FOR MIKE PRESTA FOR CITY COUNCIL in the First Ward!  This won't solve everything, but it would be a step in the right direction.  Granted, a small step, but a step nonetheless.

If they arenot registered to vote, encourage them to register!!!

Remember inNovember:  THEY’LL LIKE MIKE!