All Politics Is Local

That’s a quote from Tip O’Neill, former Speaker of the House of Representatives before that institution became totally dysfunctional.  Tip was talking to a neighbor after he lost one of his first political races, and the neighbor told Tip he hadn’t voted for him.  When Tip inquired why, the neighbor said, “Because you didn’t ask me to.”

Yesterday Helen Torok succeeded in getting more than ten write-in votes in both the Democratic and Republican Lehighton borough council primaries.  That means that in November she will be listed as a nominee of both parties.  

Yesterday I volunteered to pass out instructions on how to do a write-in for Ms. Torok, and I am pleased (ecstatic!) with her victory.  In November five candidates (two Dems, two Reps, and Helen on both tickets) will be running for three seats.  

By the time of the November election, every voter in Lehighton will have been asked to vote for Ms. Torok. We are going to pull this off.