Hey Larry,
Great too hear from you. What are you going to do with your day job?
All the best and good luck!
Leland
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From: Pre-patinated plastic gumby block w/ coin slot
[mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Lawrence
Kestenbaum
Sent: Wednesday, October 27, 2004 1:40 AM
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Subject: [BP] Catching up
Preservationeers,
I haven't had time to read the 9,200 accumulated BP messages, but I
thought I'd post a little update in case anyone was wondering what I was
up to.
Not that this should surprise anyone. I'm running for office, and
looking forward anxiously to the big day, November 2.
I am the Democratic nominee for the sublimely unglamorous position of
Washtenaw County Clerk & Register of Deeds.
As pettifogging as it sounds, this is the most audacious thing I've ever
attempted in politics. Washtenaw County (which includes Ann Arbor and
Ypsilanti) has more than 700 square miles and about a third of a million
people. It's the sixth largest in population of Michigan's 83 counties.
The Clerk/Register has 50 employees and a $1 million-plus budget. And
all of it is stuff that I've been working with all my life: election
administration, record archiving, working with local government
officials and the court system, providing information on the Web, etc.
Admittedly, I'm running against a popular nice-lady 14-year incumbent,
and Republicans have held this position for 70 consecutive years.
But she is an anachronism in this now strongly Democratic county. My
analysis is that she would probably have lost four years ago, had the
Democrats bothered to put up a candidate.
In the 2000 election, her Republican colleague, the then sheriff, had
bipartisan support, a 5:1 advantage in campaign money, and a Green Party
candidate to split the opposition. But he was toppled by a young
Democratic upstart, and by a margin of more than eight thousand votes.
2004 is going to be even better for us donkeys. Of course, John Kerry
will win here by a landslide of unprecedented proportions. But, more
than that, no one has ever seen Washtenaw County Democrats so organized,
so motivated, and so flooded with thousands of eager campaign
volunteers, as they are this year.
So, I think my chances are pretty good. Next Tuesday will tell.
Larry
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Lawrence Kestenbaum, [log in to unmask]
Candidate for County Clerk/Register, http://KestenbaumCampaign.com The
Political Graveyard, http://politicalgraveyard.com
Weblog: Polygon, the Dancing Bear, http://potifos.com/polygon
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