Thread by @TracyNovick

Okay, two things on #NationalRunForOfficeDay:

It’s January!
If you live in a town in Massachusetts, there’s a VERY good chance you have a spring election!
Go check out your town clerk’s webpage and find out. There are all KINDS of positions one can run for in a town!

Read up on these positions! Call Town Hall and ask for info!
It is absolutely possible to set policy and regulation in your town on a host of issues by running for a local position. Local offices make a big difference!

(I mean, I have a soft spot for running for school committees, or course, but library boards, and boards of health, and parks, and the light commission, and so forth all need good people!)

Second thing on #NationalRunforOfficeDay:

The first time I ran, I had none of the things that I was told you *had* to have to run in Worcester...

...and I didn’t win a seat that time.

But I came surprisingly close!

And that’s part of how I did get elected when I ran a second time.

But it is also why I have been and remain skeptical of the “have to’s” and “shouldn’ts” of campaigns. I think that there is a lot of well intended advice and guidance that frankly just ends up as barriers.

And if i’d listened, I never would have run at all (and I also wouldn’t be doing much of what I am now).

So take a little Shel Silverstein in your #RunForSomething advice:

Oh, and PS: you don't have to take my word for that last. The incoming VP says that: bostonglobe.com/2021/01/19/opi…