Saturday, May 14

          I volunteer for a city councilman candidate and hold up his sign and greet voters as they enter Haggard Middle school to vote on three council places and two school board places.  It is a clear cool morning with enough wind to take my sign away if I am not careful.  All greeters of the various candidates must stay behind the yellow marker placed by the election officials.  If we need to enter the school we must remove our candidate t-shirts and buttons.  Sixty-one people voted during my three hour shift.  I met a few candidates as they came by to check on things like if parked cars bearing their signs were visible.  Everyone was friendly and polite to each other.  Democracy in action.  Good solid local civics.