No Good Deed Goes Unrecorded...(continued)

Good morning. This will be a short blog for this morning, but I wanted to fill you in from yesterday.

First off, one thought I wanted to finish about last week. At the Amherst/Milford GOP Breakfast in Amherst at Joey's Diner, I met Mike Sroka who is running for State Rep in Amherst and Milford. Mike and I shared a few anecdotal stories and I wanted to plug you into his campaign at the following web address below. I have been seeing Mike's signs around Amherst and Milford lately, so he is working really hard for his upcoming primary. Primaries are a fun, but difficult part of the political process as both he and I can attest, but we stay focused on September 9. Good luck!

http://profile.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=user.viewprofile&friendid=388907014

Well, I spent the first morning hours in quiet stillness of New Ipswich and was able to wave to people coming and going to the transfer station (a.k.a "The Dump"). New Ipswich is a pretty little town.

I travelled north to Peterborough where I actually had a nice reception meeting and waving to people travelling to and fro. The good thing is the dump in off of Route 202, so not only do you get dump traffic, you get people travelling through from one part of the county to the other. I can't begin to point out the people passing through: Antrim, Bennington, Sharon, Temple, Greenfield are some of the towns I saw passing through and I know this because of the fire fighters' placard that was affixed to their front license plate. The best part was seeing former Republican Governor Walter Peterson going to the dump with his refuse. He didn't have time to talk, but a smile and a wave was all that mattered, quite honestly.

I stopped in downtown Antrim at Rick and Diane's Brick Oven Pizza for lunch (Thanks, Rick! Dynamite pizza!) and hung out at the transfer station for a bit. Same situation like Peterborough: the dump is right off of Route 202 and a great opportunity to meet people going to the dump and wave to those passing through.

I ended my day in Hillsborough: really, really nice reception there. State Rep candidate Dave Fullerton made an appearance along with Goffstown Rep. Russ Day and his son, Jeff. It turns out that Russ owns a camp on Pierce Lake in Hillsborough and was clearly out some dead trees from his camp. He and Jeff were "dump bound" with all sort of dead wood from the property. They all stopped and kept me company for a bit. Special thanks to Ron, Sherry and their "fuchsia-pink flamed" Chevy pickup truck for stopping by as well. It finished up a nice, long afternoon in the sun. I wore my sunblock, thankfully!

The best thing about "The Dump" is these facilities are usually one way in and one way out. You are guaranteed to meet and wave to people that are residents in the town. Even if people don't stop to talk, they see you campaigning, they wave and throw out a "Good Luck" to you as you wave them by. From my standpoint, Saturday trips to "The Dump" sometimes end up as social hour as well. You always find youth organizations and civic groups generally hang out there hawking all sorts of things for charity. Plus, you meet candidates for local, county and state office as well. To me, "The Dump" serves as a microcosm within the community. Mind you, there is nothing better than hanging out at the Country Store, enjoy a cup of coffee and meeting people. But, "The Dump" is a close second.

Well, I am going running this morning. Afterwards, Michele and I head to Hudson for the majority of our morning before going to support Ashley and her cause. More on that later. Enjoy your Sunday and see you on the campaign trail.

Bill