Subj : Re: Benji Fetterman is a
To   : AARON THOMAS
From : Mike Powell
Date : Fri Nov 01 2024 13:18:00

>  MP> I don't really hold the party leadership responsible for it.  I honestly
>  MP> believe there are not that many people who WANT to run for office.  If
>  MP> you do it correctly, it takes a lot of time and dedication for what is
>  MP> likely a very small return.

> The problem is that it's the committee chairman's job to find candidates. He
> has a job to do, and it's unacceptable for him to say "I couldn't find
> candidates."

If you ask people and they all say no, what do you do?

> When I worked at the gas station, my boss tasked me with selling paper
> shamrocks for st jude's hospital. "I couldn't sell any" was not an acceptable
> answer.

It isn't like at a job, though.  If the chair asks people to run and they
all say no, the people he asks won't get fired because there is nothing to
fire them from.

A better job analogy would be that you ask for a volunteer and don't get
any and, since you are not the supervisor, you cannot force anyone to do it
and wind up doing the job yourself.

Problem there would be that your chairman might be able to run for and hold
one office, but he likely cannot run for or hold multiple offices at the same
time.

>  MP> Have you ever considered running for one of those unopposed vacancies?
>  MP> You probably don't qualify to be a judge, unless you have a law degree
>  MP> and some time trying cases, but you could be a legislator.

> I know people who are more qualified than me who could have ran for these
> vacancies.

Well, there you go.  Probably the same thing that others think when asked.

> I even gave Benji a referral to a friend of mine who is a retired
> town justice, but he never replied to my email (instead he put me on his
> mass-email list, like a jerk.)

Do you know for sure that this person was not contacted?  A better strategy
would be to check with them first and see if they want to run, then give
them Bemji's contact info.


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