The reality is that if I want to compete in the race become Troy’s next City Council member I will need somewhere in the neighborhood of $10,000. The good news is that I have raised the first %20 already.
The bad news is of course that leaves me $8,000 to go. I do have some time to still before I need my next big installment, but I need to have a mailer go out to absentee voters in the next week, and I need to raise a lot of money to do it.
So now is the time I need people who have said they would support my campaign to do so. $100 will represent 1% of my total fundraising goal. If you are able to donate that you will really help free my up to knock on doors. I am pretty sure it is the best way to get votes. It is essentially free, the feedback is instant, but it is time consuming, and frankly hard.
I have had 2 doors slammed in my face so far. But I have also had people offer me to sit and enjoy a bit of air conditioning on a hot day, or the offer of a bottle of water towards the very end of that hot day. My favorite so far was a teacher I met immediately after my toughest interaction yet.
She was not only supportive she was appreciative. She thanked me for my hard work on behalf of those in Troy who were not as willing or able to do so. Then she asked unsolicited if she could give me a donation.
Even though she had agreed to a pay cut this year she wanted to do what she could to make my campaign possible. Her contribution was not the largest I have received yet, but it was by far the most memorable.
Thanks in advance to all who are able to make my campaign possible. It means the world to me.