by allison | Nov 9, 2024 | From the 2024 Campaign Trail
The mountain we must find our way around I had planned to have two versions of this post ready to go after Election Day, depending on the outcome. As a realist, I was prepared to win or lose. I wasn’t prepared for Trump to win; I’m still processing that. Anyway, in...
by allison | Nov 1, 2024 | From the 2024 Campaign Trail
A brief inventory from eight months of knocking doors I was talking with a voter in Middle Valley a few weeks ago when I remarked on the colorful glass fishing-net floats strung from the eaves of his front porch. He seemed surprised that I knew what they were, so I...
by allison | Oct 15, 2024 | From the 2024 Campaign Trail
Voters just need the facts. They can draw their own conclusions. I’ve been trying to get this email out for ages. I was going to do it last Friday, but then I was told to clear my schedule for a video shoot. My next chance was this morning. That’s the way things have...
by allison | Sep 25, 2024 | From the 2024 Campaign Trail
Public service starts with meeting people where they are I’m not used to people chasing me down to give me money. That happened Saturday in Possum Creek. I was walking a stretch of road between houses when a man drove past me in a truck, pulled over, lowered his...
by allison | Sep 17, 2024 | From the 2024 Campaign Trail
Watching the fallout from Tennessee’s abortion ban I was standing at the south end of the Walnut Street Bridge last week when a young man walked up to me and asked, “Can we talk?” I recognized him from the rallies. “Sure,” I said. He said he’d been misled and...
by allison | Sep 11, 2024 | From the 2024 Campaign Trail
I got nothing. I was writing my weekly email when a friend texted me this tweet from my opponent. I tossed that email and started writing a new one. Then I tossed that one. If my opponent didn’t know that most people would find this offensive, he does now....
