Thank You
We lost. We got just over 40% of the vote, which is pretty damn good, but not what we were after. We did several things wrong. The first being under-estimating just how difficult an online campaign is to set up. Secondly, we tried to run without a full time campaign manger and scheduler. Third, I tried to do the media myself and be the candidate at the same time. This resulted in a lack of attention to detail in both areas. But those errors are behind us now.
Several things did not happen. The Republicans refused to be quite as self-destructive as we'd hoped but we never counted on their help. General discontent did not focus on our campaign as a means to express frustration. We kept a low profile hoping to mobilize our base of Dems, teachers, cops and state and local workers. Dems and teachers were supportive but that proved not to be enough. Republicans too planned on low turnout and were able hold onto their following despite obvious abuse. The press, what's left of it, concentrated on inside baseball/political junkie stuff. As a result most of the general public did not participate.
A couple of things were beyond our control. Al Gore let us down with two of his predicted unusually severe weather events. The worst flooding in the area's modern history (our second 100 year storm in 12 years!) distracted everyone while we tried to get rolling. And of course the snowstorm and the greatest power outage in the area's history just as we were about to double down on our television advertising. People wrapped in blankets staring at candles don't see television ads. The storm kept us, and our following, off the Internet until almost Election Day.
I would like at this time to announce (again) my retirement from politics.... but I can't. One of the other reasons we lost, besides being grossly underfunded, was that things aren't bad enough yet. The political atmosphere for Democrats at, least around here, will be improving because things are going to get a whole lot worse. We have the template for a good Congressional campaign. All we need as Billy Joel has said is, "looks and whole lot of money". So Votefairisfair.com is going to stay around for a while....
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Now We’re Cookin”
Gale and I have been endorsed by NJEA and by the AFL/CIO unions. We’ve got our campaign plan set up, hell we’ve even raised a few bucks. What we need now is for our supporters to get involved. We need your friends’, neighbors’ and your colleagues’ e-mail addresses so we can spread the word and build our coalition of fairness. Firing teachers and cops while keeping sweetheart deals for lawyers, consultants, salesmen and governmental hangers-on is more than unfair it is wrong.
That’s where your property tax dollars are going. It is legal corruption that funds bloated local bureaucracies and sweetheart no-bid professional contracts. This is also the very thing that kills tax money saving ideas like shared services. That’s why three duds like Bucco, Bucco & Carroll Inc., have so much campaign money. The sweethearts donate a little back to keep the money rolling from your pockets into theirs. Enough! Send your e-mail lists to:
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Why we run
New Jersey, our nation and our party are at a tipping point. We need to step away from the pragmatic compromising, give and take of everyday politics and choose a new direction. Our opponents continue to see government as a business opportunity. They claim to anti-government activists while profiting from government decade after decade.
We can no longer afford business as usual in government. We need new efficient approaches. We need consider the increasing pressure on our middle class and under-privileged . We need to rediscover that when times get as rough as they are, we all need to pull together. We need a government works on the level of the cop on the beat and the teacher in the classroom. We need your help. We need to get people to the polls who have a stake in New Jersey as you do. Please come back to this site and follow our progress.
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Who Killed the MVC?
Was it really just a year ago that you could go to a Motor Vehicle Agency in New Jersey and expect to get out in no time flat? Oh yes it was. But now, you had better pack a lunch. What happened? Who brought back the evil old DMV? Who killed the kindly young MVC? For three years I ran Motor Vehicle Agencies for the state of New Jersey. I saw many changes but since I left a year ago the entire Commission has gone to hell in a hand basket.
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