Author: Sage

   Something that is strangely missing is my opponents’ positions on things.  The people have some very specific questions on things like: The EPA-mandated sewer project.  Homeless Vacant buildings  Schools Jobs  But I’m not aware of any public declaration from any of the major opponents.  I know it’s a political strategy. But it seems unfair…

   My goal is to get 1000 signatures by September 7. 1000 signatures that meet all the many requirements of the Board of Elections.  On Tuesday I looked at my calendar and realized my summer was quickly booking up.  We love to camp. And we try to get as many camp trips as we can…

   I’m a little gun-shy after my denied signature submissions to run as a Democratic candidate for mayor. I feel like the political road is filled with hidden land mines that an uninitiated candidate is very likely to set off.  So far I’ve passively raised about a small amount of money through a Paypal account…

   The path I’m on for mayor is unlikely, filled with unforeseable risks and unadvised by pretty much everyone in power and authority.  The last one is why I’m pushing forward with everything I’ve got.  I’ve always had a problem with just blindly accepting what authority tells me to do.  But more importantly: I’m doing…

I’M RUNNING AS AN INDEPENDENT! Today the Summit Count Board of Elections officially announced what petitions they approved and what petitions they didn’t approve. I had 65 out of the 50 needed signatures needed to run for Mayor. They accepted 41 of my signatures. Natural Hunka Kaboom, the other outsider, submitted 53 signatures. They accepted…

   Deciding to run for mayor has instantly given me the opportunity to talk with all sorts of people.  What I’ve quickly found is that we all, no matter the party, have more in common than not.  We don’t want others to suffer We want less crime We want to be safe We want our…

   I had the opportunity to check out Celebration Church on Dan St. here in Akron today.  A friend of mine’s kid was having his high school graduation party there.  The graduate’s grandfather is a minister. I got a chance to talk with him for some time.  We got on the topic of what people…

11 days in and my mind is flooded with things I should do to run a successful campaign for the office of Akron mayor.  The help I have been given within 11 days is breath taking. Amazing. That’s all I can say. I don’t under estimate the tried and true activities of running an Akron…

I felt something today that maybe I never have felt before in my life. Today this whole mayoral journey felt bigger than just me.  The outreach of help and encouragement I’ve gotten in these 10 days is utterly humbling.  People have written me detailed insight in their experiences running for office. People have suggested books…

   I posted a story yesterday about Dan Horrigan winning the race.  The story wasn’t the problem. I found a picture of him and The Don.  It was one of those pictures that you see of politicians looking like politicians.  I didn’t make fun of him. But I also knew that the picture put him…

  OK. Politics is weird. It’s only taken me eight days to figure that out. By day 16 I should be really tripped out. Talk to an insider and they will tell you one thing: Dan Horrigan is going to win. He will get hundreds of thousands of dollars to spend any way he wants…