Meeting the Chairman

Hi All!

It's been a very busy campaign, so please accept my apologies for not writing sooner. First off, thanks to Rhona and Emile for their support and endorsement. I am grateful. Many thanks to politickernh.com and Wally Edge for taking notice of my campaign for Register of Deeds. Picking me as one of their Winners of the Week was beyond words. However, that was then; this is now and the campaign continues to move forward.

I have been all over Hillsborough County of late, meeting people and talking about my campaign for Register of Deeds. The grassroots has been picking up some steam (the endorsements and recognition have helped!) and I am pleased to report new sign locations in Hillsborough, Pelham, Hudson, Milford and Nashua. Through these people who have embraced my campaign, the sign location only further promotes my candidacy and builds credibility in these communities. Thank you to my supporters. I am truly gratified by this gesture.

In the past few weeks, I have been to the official opening of Senator John McCain's office in Nashua, the ice cream social benefiting the Greater Manchester Federation of Republican Women, the Hillsborough County GOP Picnic in Hollis and the Amherst/Milford Republican Committee breakfast at Joey's Diner in Amherst. One constant in all of those visits has been the State Republican Chair, Fergus Cullen. Meeting the people in the county, let alone the state of New Hampshire, is absolutely critical to build support and identify voters. Fergus has been doing yeoman's work in this area. Not only does he provide Republican outreach for the candidates, he also avails himself to them as well, learning about their campaigns, what they have been doing and what the party can do to help their campaign out. Fergus has been tremendously helpful in providing solicited and unsolicited campaign advice, like he has for all of the other Republicans running for other offices statewide, as well. One piece of feedback from Fergus is my campaign slogan: "No Good Deed Goes Unrecorded" - he just loves it!!

Above is a recent photo of Fergus and me at the Amherst/Milford Republican Breakfast. During this moment, we shared one other commonality - running. Fergus and I are avid runners with Fergus being a bit more accomplished than yours truly (My best days remain in my youth, but I digress!). Fergus and I recently ran the Mount Washington Road Race in June. I was looking to break 2 hours running the 7.6 mile uphill trek. Fergus' running advice was invaluable to me as I made my maiden run up Mount Washington. While Fergus ran Washington in 1:15:10, his advice allowed me to run a 1:57:33 and accomplish my personal goal of breaking 2 hours for the run. I was ecstatic. Check out the website http://mountwashingtonroadrace.com/index.html. If you want to check out our photos, you can plug in our bib numbers to see Fergus and me running. I wore number 106 while Fergus wore number 313

Speaking of running, it is time for my morning run. I actually have more photos and more discussion to share. I have Doug Kruse's campaign kick-off tonight in Manchester, so I will blog tonight when I return. Make it a great day and see you on the roads of the campaign trail.

Bill