Monday, November 29, 2010

Now What?

The election is over and we've gone back to our "normal" lives, dealing with the day to day things that keep us going: family, work, bills, holidays, tragedy, happy moments and the like.

Many have congratulated me on a job well-done with my candidacy for NYS Assemblyman. The election, which I recognized as a tough one prior to running, was sort of fun while grueling at the same time. I always enjoyed speaking with people when I could and laughing at those who shouted at me. I remember one fellow in Greenburgh telling me we need to stop big oil. I told him here in NY, we don't have "big oil" at all. "Oh," was his response. Then I asked him what he did for a living and he said he was unemployed. I went on to tell him how I planned to help those like himself by helping business create jobs. When his wife exited the supermarket, he said he would think about voting for me. That was good.

In the end, I received 12K-plus votes of confidence and want to thank everyone who helped me and believed in me. While I never say never, now that I've paid the Board of Election fines, I doubt I'll be back as a candidate. It was disappointing to see "major" candidates get all the help and lose. While I received nothing from the Republican party, I like to imagine what could have been had I gotten some real assistance from them. The real trouble with the Republican Party is they think they need to work the "big seats", ignoring the "little", local ones. It's the other way around. They need to build a base of solid, small level performers with positive track records and slowly work them into the higher positions.

I'm not going away and will see you at a meeting...