Shrink Palladium at Aero Door To Door Campaign

Three more hours going door to door today, this time in my neighborhood. I went to the cul de sac of Elyssee, then down the east side. This included my buddy Al's house, and they invited me inside. The big, old, homeless camp at the AquaTera fence had finally been cleaned up, as had several other much smaller ones nearby. Al and I have been trying to get the landowner to clean these up for at least eight months. So, a victory in persistence.

I also walked the south side of Chantilly Ave, from Murray Ridge to Escondido Ave. I collected four donations today, totalling $120, not bad. I took all the money over to Cindy's, and found she had collected $170 from a short street in Abbots Hill! Nice! I know there are two donations waiting for Myra in the PO box, too, so it will be cool to see what today's total is in donations. We also got three new people to join our door to door campaign: George, Monica, and Brad, a 33% increase over last weekend, so very important.

I went to Peggy Lacy's house, found out she had a heart attack two weeks ago. She was up, but looked thin and pale. I also reconnected with Wes, and he says he can open the gate some mornings. He says they travel a lot, but I told him that wasn't a big problem. I had talked with him a year ago, but had gotten his e-mail address wrong, and never bothered to get it right. Now that Calvin says his crew cannot open the gate, at the Murray Ridge Park, on Saturdays for the month of February, we need someone on it.

Obama and Josia

I finally got back into my blog after months of being locked out. Of course, the title means little now, since Barack Obama was elected and has installed a stellar Cabinet! Who would have thought this was possible even a half a year ago?! It feels like life imitating Hollywood: we may really have a Josia Bartlet administration IN THE WHITE HOUSE!

However, we can now turn our attention to the City Administration, which is, naturally, closer to home, and still full of big problems. More next time.