Yep, that's what we were aiming for

Just Out blog notes, in a post titled, "You Know it's Election Eve 2008 when...

… Perma-smiling “Amanda Fritz for City Council” volunteers bearing signs are as ubiquitous as Salvation Army bell-ringers, dotting every corner of the city."

My volunteers are smiling because Portlanders are giving us great encouragement -- honking, waving, thumbs up and V signs, even showing completed ballots as they pass by. We aren't staying by the downtown bridges, although we've been there, too. I waved in seven locations today, starting in SW at Markham Elementary School before their opening bell, swinging through NW and traveling through unincorporated Washington County to Forest Heights, and ending as dusk fell at SE 122nd/San Rafael in the Parkrose Heights neighborhood. At every stop, kind Portlanders waved to show support.

Many thanks to Ellen, Ted, and Amanda M, my awesome community organizers; and Jim, Liz, Roger, Judy, Larry, Carol, Emily, Linda, Arlene, Bruce, Mark, Marilyn, another Mark, Alan, Joe, Don, Kelvin, Pam, Bill, Debbie, Roberta, Wendy, Jens, Lynne, another Linda, Jane, Ruth, Gwen, Tim, Wesley, Nicolette, Nicolette's sister, Ken, Kelly, Misty, Marianne, Mary, Will, Catherine, another Mary, Betsy, Alan, another Alan, Christine, Gilly, Chris and friend, Richard, Pat, another Chris, Mopsy, Robin, another Robin, and others who just showed up to help.

It's a lot colder, wetter, and darker than the Goldilocks campaigning conditions of September and October (ah, the good ol' days, when it was not too hot, not too cold, just right). But we are smiling, because we're seeing on the streets the success of our campaign.

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