On the Campaign Trail

I've found myself on the campaign trail, provoked by curiosity, for the simple interest in knowing 'what it's like'. As a first-time volunteer, the WPB mayorial race has been a surprising initiation to what seems now like a familiar city.  

While standing aside a widely supported campaign, I have found access to resources I had unfortunately never ventured towards before, including elected officials, hired officials, community development plans, public spaces, environmental preserves, local businesses, residential neighborhoods and community centers. And it has really given me a sweet perch from which to view the city. 

As a volunteer, I gave a commitment to say yes - "yes, I'll be there," "yes, I'll do it." As a beginner, I had no bias, no predetermined talent towards which my time was meant to be allocated. So I went door-to-door in Precinct #2074 - Southwest Dixie Hwy. By foot you see a place differently, and this place has attributes: it has life, activity - people in their homes, people in their yards, people asking questions, gratuitous for the double-sided info cards. It pleases the hell out of me; I am in the presence of the local.

Submitted by Kate Hoffmaster 

of West Palm Beach, FL