Excitement in the Air at Strawberry Festival
Faithful readers of the engelhart4judge.com 2008 blog will no doubt remember this entry from last May in which I discussed campaigning at the Pasadena Strawberry Festival. Well, it's hard to believe that was almost one year ago, and we had already been campaigning hard for a few months at that point.
Well, it's Strawberry Festival time again this weekend, and on Sunday, May 18 the engelhart4judge.com 2008 green hybrid made its second trip of the campaign out to the Pasadena Fairgrounds for the Festival. We coasted silently along Fairmont Parkway in electric-only mode and found a great spot near the entrance to the festivities.
This year we tried something different. We parked on the the north side of the Festival grounds which were much busier than the south side we campaigned at last year. And we held up a yard sign so even people whose hands we didn't get to shake would see who we were and what we were doing there.
While last year we ran across the occasional Republican who was not interested in talking to us, we didn't run across a single one this year (at least who was willing to cop to it). Almost everyone we met thanked us for running, and expressed their willingness to come out in November, and vote straight-ticket Democrat, or at least go all the way down the ballot.
The enthusiasm of the attendees was contagious. When they saw the "Mike Engelhart, Democrat" sign we held, they uniformly stopped to shake hands and get more information. They all swore they were registered to vote and would be there for us in November.
It was another amazing day for this humble campaign, and things really seem to be snowballing for us Democrats. The people we spoke with in eastern Harris County on Sunday seemed ready to run through walls for Democrats to bring back balance to Harris County again in November.
Political advertising paid for by Mike Engelhart, 4402 Holt Street, Bellaire, Texas 77401 in compliance with the voluntary limits of the Judicial Campaign Fairness Act.
Well, it's Strawberry Festival time again this weekend, and on Sunday, May 18 the engelhart4judge.com 2008 green hybrid made its second trip of the campaign out to the Pasadena Fairgrounds for the Festival. We coasted silently along Fairmont Parkway in electric-only mode and found a great spot near the entrance to the festivities.This year we tried something different. We parked on the the north side of the Festival grounds which were much busier than the south side we campaigned at last year. And we held up a yard sign so even people whose hands we didn't get to shake would see who we were and what we were doing there.
While last year we ran across the occasional Republican who was not interested in talking to us, we didn't run across a single one this year (at least who was willing to cop to it). Almost everyone we met thanked us for running, and expressed their willingness to come out in November, and vote straight-ticket Democrat, or at least go all the way down the ballot.
The enthusiasm of the attendees was contagious. When they saw the "Mike Engelhart, Democrat" sign we held, they uniformly stopped to shake hands and get more information. They all swore they were registered to vote and would be there for us in November.
It was another amazing day for this humble campaign, and things really seem to be snowballing for us Democrats. The people we spoke with in eastern Harris County on Sunday seemed ready to run through walls for Democrats to bring back balance to Harris County again in November.
Political advertising paid for by Mike Engelhart, 4402 Holt Street, Bellaire, Texas 77401 in compliance with the voluntary limits of the Judicial Campaign Fairness Act.
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