First Monday

"Take a look at The Beacon," said Mayor Wood as I walked in to my first real Monday on the job. In it, was an article about Ms. Lori Henry, councilwoman and fellow mayoral candidate in the upcoming election in November. The article talked about how Ms. Henry was "the conservative" of the race and that the other two candidates, including Mayor Wood, were both not true republicans like herself. A pretty bold statement against a mayor who has been a republican mayor for over 12 years; seems like everyone else thinks he's a true republican. But this is politics and with it, come many interesting and outlandish accusations. And this is exactly the part of this job that I like the most; to observe the political nature of being a Mayor and what it takes to get things done. After this, it was time to take a look at the Facebook aspect of Mayor Wood's campaign and both he and I came up with a system to add pictures periodically so as to keep the Facebook community updated with the daily occurrences of the campaign. All in all, it was a pretty successful day, but there is still a long way to go.