First Day Walking Door-to-Door

Hello,



From now through the election, I'm going to try to be a regular blog poster. As much as possible, I'll talk about issues, as well as my experiences on the campaign trail. There will be no discussion of my opponents, and this will not be a forum to debate the short-comings or anyone in this race. We will, however, discuss issues; hopefully, we can even have some real debate and discussion from time to time. I can dream, can't I?



The big event today was that I walked door-to-door, talking to voters, for the first time in the campaign. This is something I will do as close to every day as I can. On average, I'll probably walk two hours every day; but I may up that average at some point.



Today, I walked 1.75 hours and hit 28 houses. Yes, this is a little slower than I would prefer over the long haul. This gave me an average of 16 houses/hour, and a candidate should be able to do about 20 houses/hour (it takes a while because there are always a few people who want to talk for a long time). Over the next several days, as I get acclimated to daily walking, I expect my numbers will improve.


The important thing is that I'll be spending time, every day, talking to voters about whatever is on their minds. Is that cool, or what?


My favorite door today was a 79 year old man who wanted to talk about rising property taxes. I agree with him that we should explore the range of circuit breakers that freeze property taxes for certain folks. I tend to believe -- as does Attorney General Jay Nixon -- that we need to expand current circuit breaker programs in Missouri.

This is definitely an issue I would like to continue to explore throughout the campaign.

By the way, the gentleman with whom I had this short discussion ended up supportin me. He even wants my sign in his yard when we start putting them up. Very cool.

Have an excellent evening.

- sean