by allison | Jul 22, 2024 | From the 2024 Campaign Trail
On conspiracy theories and public schools Local attorneys Warren & Griffin kindly let me hang out in their booth at Pops in the Park earlier this month. Shockingly, their red-white-and-blue pinwheels, bubble wands, and slap wraps turned out to be a bigger draw...
by allison | Jul 16, 2024 | From the 2024 Campaign Trail
Turn off the news. Keep chipping away. They say all politics is local, and it sure feels that way when I’m walking to a house at the end of a gravel road. There are a lot of those in the north part of the district, and I walk them if I can. People who live a ways from...
by allison | Jul 8, 2024 | From the 2024 Campaign Trail
A little story about trust and public service A couple of months ago, a retired Hamilton County teacher told me a story that’s been rattling around in my head ever since. I’d knocked on her door and introduced myself as a candidate for State House. I always clarify...
by allison | Jul 2, 2024 | From the 2024 Campaign Trail
Keeping my eyes on the road A couple of weeks ago I drove from New York to Boston with a total stranger. That’s not the way I’d envisioned my trip to Boston playing out. When I arrived at the Chattanooga airport before sunrise, New York wasn’t on the itinerary. I...
by allison | Jun 30, 2024 | From the 2024 Campaign Trail
Progress starts with pushing back I spent the week before last in Middle Valley, knocking doors and planting signs. The more I heard “I’ve seen your signs around,” the more people told me they’d take a sign too. It was interesting to see my ground game working in real...
by allison | Jun 22, 2024 | From the 2024 Campaign Trail
Getting past artificial divides I was standing on a doorstep in Middle Valley last week when I noticed two men, one older and the other considerably younger, deep in conversation on the porch next door. Their shaded front yard beckoned, so I hung my literature on the...
