Back in Maine, Down to Business

Hello Maine! I am once again back in-state and my goodness we look different than when I left last Friday. Happy Spring for real, and this time when I say it all our trees have leaves!

I am as always incredibly excited to be in the running for your Representative to Congress. I’m honestly really pleased to be in a position where the consequences you and I live with every day of decisions that are made for us are solvable in ways that are accessible to you and me. It helps me to know that everything that has ever been done, be it by a plumber or a politician or a captain or a carpenter, has been done by someone just buckling down and putting the little pieces of their Work together until it is complete in very manageable little steps, almost always with help along the way.

So now that I am back in Maine I am preparing for the week ahead. Starting tomorrow every spare hour I have will be spent collecting signatures all over Maine. You can help make this task manageable for me by signing up to fill a sheet of up to 40 of your neighbors (neighbors actually love meeting you and hearing what you’re up to, and you get to see all the fun colors they’ve painted their various front doors!). Due to time shortages, towns on the Q&A tour list that don’t have venues yet can instead expect to see me out on the street knocking on doors and talking to people the old fashioned way. If you would rather see me in a local room full of your fellow citizens and have time to make arrangements, let me know and I can be flexible about that.

Some slight changes to the schedule: I will be at Fernald’s Country Store in Damariscotta on Friday the 22nd from 2:30-4pm. I will be at the Brunswick Farmer’s Market that Friday morning. Some other changes have happened as well so I’ve attached the updated itinerary. Most immediately upcoming remains Hi Fidelity in Portland tomorrow from 4-6 and the American Legion in South Portland on Monday from 6-7:30.

As always the goal remains to get to 2,000 signatures (minimum) submitted to their various town halls by the 26th in order to get my name on the ballot at all. The manageable steps are individual petitions with 40 spaces. I am on my way to filling 4 or 5 sheets myself. And for people who don’t like knocking on doors, farmer’s markets and parade routes are great places to find people who live close by.

It has been wonderful meeting you all and I can’t wait to continue! And last here’s an extra big thank you to the folks who have reached out to say they appreciate this campaign and our platform! We’re here for you; thank you so much for being here for us, too!