[Sosfbay-discuss] Find-A-Candidate Challenge: Do you have a success story yet?

[Peter Myers]

I wanted to put in a notice mid-month that my quest to personally find  
three candidates for 2010 races is going well. I already have  
approached Dave Schwaderer, an engineer and a video student of mine  
who is involved in the Mid-Peninsula Open Spaces project to clean up  
Mt. Umunhum,  to run for Saratoga Town Council. He plans on attending  
our December meeting and is very interested in running.

After Dave, I didn't have anyone in mind, so I started talking to my  
friends. At a party, I asked my friends if they knew anyone who would  
be interested in running as Greens. My friend listed off four people,  
with whom I'll be in contact later this week.

It is not difficult for us to find candidates if we start early, look  
deep in our Rolodexes, and strive to expand our professional and  
social circles to include more of "The Candidate Type". The U.S. and  
Santa Clara County in particular has been lulled into the thought that  
Obama and a Democratic Congress will turn this country into a  
wonderland within six months, and every time the government  
disappoints them, they will be receptive to our message of change  
outside of the two-party system. Every time Barney Frank says that $25  
billion "might not be enough" to bail out Detroit, we can win votes  
and candidates.

My challenge from the beginning of the month remains; come to  
December's meeting ready to talk about at least one prospective  
candidate, or better yet bring him or her along. I'm sticking to my  
pledge of bringing three.

Until the meeting, it'd be great if others could share success stories  
about prospective candidates whom they've approached about running in  
2010.

Get the ball rolling.

- Peter


Peter Myers
pmyers42 at gmail.com
http://www.p432689.com
200 Hollis Ave. #45
Campbell, CA 95008
408-242-4212