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Archive of entries posted on June 2010

Best Exchange of the Evening

The subject of T.S. Eliot’s poem, The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock came up.  I remarked that we’ll likely be measuring out the budget in teaspoonfuls.

We have a serious budget problem here in Colorado, and we need people who have the skills and tools to be serious about solutions.  Asking people what they want, in the absence of context, falls far short of the obgliation to set priorities and make decisions that we expect of our elected representatives.

As your representative, I’ll have the skills to help make those decisions, and the courage to defend them – early and often – before you, the citizens of HD-6.

Candidate Reception

My erstwhile scheduler, Anne Nichting, and her husband, are hosting a reception in their home Wednesday night from 7-9 PM.  Nominally it’s for Precinct 634, and all the residents there have been invited, but if you’re in the neighborhood, stop in!  (Drop me a line at jsharf@jsharf.com for the address.)

Thanks, Facebook Friends!

Thank you to all those on Facebook who helped make yesterday’s fundraising push a success!  As I walk the district, I’m finding more and more Democrats who are planning to vote the Republican ticket this year, ready to try something else.  And the unaffiliated voters, even moreso.

We plan to take full advantage, to bring common sense government back to Colorado and serious representation back to District 6, and your efforts yesterday will help make that happen.

Newsletter – June 15, 2010

It’s been an active month for the Sharf campaign. We’re embarked on an aggressive walking schedule, and in spite of some weather-related difficulties, we’ve knocked on over 1,500 doors already, and completed walking through four precincts.

We’re starting a busy season of neighborhood meet-and-greets and fundraisers. We have three already scheduled, and have at least twice that many in the works over the next couple of months. I can’t tell you how heartening it is for me and all the volunteers to see such enthusiasm for the campaign. We’ve also been coordinating these events (and our walking) with Fallon for Congress, making good on the need for teamwork among all our candidates.

I want to welcome two new volunteers to our campaign staff. Anne Nichting has agreed to be our scheduler, keeping track of walking and making sure I always have something to do. Anne’s new to politics, and her enthusiasm has been a real boost. Kathy Bashari has taken on coordinating events and helping me reach out to donors. Kathy is the development director at the Denver Academy of Torah, and will be a splendid addition to the team.

Money remains the mother’s milk of politics, and any contribution you can make helps us get our message out to the district’s voters. Please click on here, and contribute $5, $10, $25, or whatever you can afford (although not more than $400) to help us win in November!

I’ve added another plank to the campaign platform – one of the most important: Education. Instead of the traditional approach, we need to be thinking creatively from government’s point of view, and encouraging our education providers to do the same in their role.

We’re continuing our new addition to the Backbone Radio franchise, Backbone Business. This week, we’ll be looking at financial bubbles. Be sure to listen to the Backbone Business broadcast this Sunday evening (June 20) at 7:00 PM, on 710AM KNUS in Denver, or 1460AM KZNT in Colorado Springs.

See you on the trail,

Joshua

Re-Walking the District

I would expect the (very) occasional voter to remember me.  Especially the ones who voted for me.  Funny, though, how much I remember from two years ago.  Not just the neighborhoods, which of course I drive through all the time. And those, even with development, change slowly over time, not all at once.

I find that I remember individual houses.  At this house, I met the owner, and she was supportive.  At this house, ah, not so much.  At this house, they kindly paid to replace the jacket their dog tore up.  At that house, they took a yard sign.   Over here, the owner shouted down from the rooftop porch to tell me she was selling the house.

That’s another reason walking the district is the fun part of the job.