The primary results are in.  I was voted through and will be on the Tuesday, November 6th ballot!  Thank you to all my supporters out there!  It was great to get out and meet so many of my neighbors and talk about Crystal issues before the primary.

I have loved communicating with so many of you via e-mail with questions and comments that you’ve had for me.   Please feel free to contact me with any other questions before the general election in November.  I want to always stay connected with you and represent the concerns that you have in your community.

I look forward to connecting with many more of you before November!

THANK YOU FOR SUPPORTING ME!

I enjoyed getting out to participate with so many of you at your National Night Out events!  I loved seeing the number of my neighbors who hold a block party and get out to socialize with their neighbors.  Thank you all for inviting me into your events and for the hospitality that you extended to me!  I look forward to more opportunities like this to connect to my neighbors and get to know you!  I even made it back to my own block’s block party in time to see the firetrucks arrive and take my children to explore the vehicle (I was fortunate that evening that the truck came to Xenia later in the evening!).

The candidate forum prior to the August 14th primary took place on August 2nd,  2012.  If you were not able to see it as it aired on Community Access Television, you can view it at this link.  The City of Crystal Section 1 candidates debate starts around 42:25 on the video.

At Crystal Frolics with Keith Ellison

I love Crystal Frolics!  And I was proud to participate in the parade this year.  My family marched in the parade with me, as well as some of my supporters.  Before the parade started, Keith Ellison came over to meet me.  We had signs showing the 10-key values of The Green Party (Grassroots Democracy, Social and Economic Justice, Ecological Wisdom, Nonviolence, Decentralization, Community-Based Economics, Feminism and Gender Equality, Respect for Diversity, Personal and Global Responsibility, and Future Focus and Sustainability).

Keith saw us getting ready with all our 10-key value signs.  He said we looked good and he supported the message we were projecting, so he had to come over and let us know and meet us.  My family and I got a photo with him while he stopped by.  It was nice to meet Keith that day and hear that he liked the Green Party 10-key values.

I enjoyed meeting many Crystal residents that day.  I strongly support Crystal Frolics, as it is such a wonderful community building event!  I am proud to live in a community with such a great summer festival!  I have enjoyed going for years, and now I love to take my children there.