My first campaign promise

October 31st, 2008 at 10:49 am

There’s now a write-in campaign to make me Cobb County tax commissioner. I’m up to three votes! That’s three hundred percent more than I had this time yesterday!

That I live in DeKalb County is an unimportant detail. I figured I should have a platform, so here’s my first campaign promise, following Jen’s endorsement of me on Facebook:

My first campaign promise

Dispatches from a Cobb County voting precinct

October 30th, 2008 at 2:10 pm

Matt: In line to vote. Want me to write you in for anything?

Me: Dog catcher? Sanitation supervisor?

Matt: What about tax commissioner?

Me: Ha, sure.

Matt: Done.

Me: Awesome. Only about 800,000 votes to go.