Campaigning on the ground.

Just a little update on how I spend my time these days. Yes, radio broadcasting and doing the news was a lot different. But there is something in common. One of my favorite activities then was meeting listeners. And now I'm meeting voters, in their homes. Most of them have definite concerns about state government and most of the concerns are about taxes. Few have said how happy they are that they now get to pay for more people on the state health care program, MinnesotaCare. Few have said they are happy they now get to pay a little more for gas and few have said they look forward to October when the state gas tax will go up another nickel or so. And few have said they are pleased as punch to know the new education funding bill will cost taxpayers an additional $1.6-Billion a year, every year, for who knows how long. None have said that. Perhaps they believed all those things deep inside and just didn't want to share with me.
This is a part of running for office that has immediate rewards and I'm not talking about sore feet and new mosquito bites. The reward is getting to meet voters face to face, knowing the future of the state is in their hands. We'll be fine. The doom and gloom merchants are wrong. Our best days are still before us.