You really gotta like Carlton Fletcher as a news source. He can provide you with things that you didn’t know about, even if you have an actual interest in the news item in question. For example, even though I qualified to run for the Leesburg City Council Post 3 seat yesterday, I didn’t know that Richard Bush (the current councilman) had also qualified – but Carlton did.
Vincent Cutts also qualified yesterday, meaning that the citizens of Leesburg and Smithville will have a chance to voice their opinions at the ballot box this year.
I’m not going to cover my race on this site beyond this initial post. Instead, I am re-tooling my personal site, JefferySexton.com, to become my campaign site, and I’ll be writing about things there as they come up.
Honestly, my overall strategy over the next 62 days is to leverage what I’m already good at – the web and social media – as an example of how the City of Leesburg can be more proactive in putting information about itself out there for public consumption. I also plan to knock on as many doors in this city as I possibly can and personally ask as many people as possible to vote for me.
My message is simple:
Transparency. Traffic. Recreation.
JefferySexton.com will be active as my campaign website by tomorrow evening, and I will expand on those three points at that time.
For those that want to help, there are a few of ways you can really help me:
1) Talk about me incessantly to your friends and family, particularly if they live in the City of Leesburg. Even if they don’t though, ask them to spread my message to THEIR friends or family – particularly any that may live in the City of Leesburg.
1) Friend me on Facebook/follow me on twitter – and ask all of your friends and family to do the same, particularly if they live here in the City of Leesburg.
2) Donate to my campaign. Any amount is GREATLY appreciated, and I’ve got two primary uses for donations that I’d rather keep close to my chest at the moment – but as with anything else, please don’t hesitate to email me with any questions or concerns!
I look forward to seeing y’all out and about, and I hope to earn your support!
Put out lots of signs. Big signs and little signs. Don’t know why, but they get votes.
Yeah, for that, I need money…
That will come though, don’t worry about it.
But start going door to door as soon as possible. Go ahead and get some fliers printed up, nice and professional looking and in full color if possible, about you and what you want to do and why. Hand them to everyone you talk to. Make sure it has your website on it so they can donate.
Do that, and I suspect you’ll be good to go.
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