March 06, 2012 07:10 PM UTC

Dan Robinson Announces for House District 55

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• by: Konola

(Congrats, Dan and Konola. – promoted by ProgressiveCowgirl)

For weeks I’ve been hinting about a candidate both in my blog and on my facebook page. Full disclosure, I am a volunteer on the campaign to elect Dan Robinson.

I am excited that he has finally formally announced, and I no longer have to be so coy about House District 55. It was quite an announcement!  We had music, balloons and lots of people lined up to hear what Dan had to say.

Early yesterday morning, Dan, and a few of his volunteers met to make sure that we had the day mapped out efficiently. It is a good thing that we had that meeting, because we had forgotten to think about a P.A. system, and Dan was making his announcement on a busy street corner.  

Fortunately, we knew of a musician who carries around a P.A. system in his van, and who was both sympathetic to the cause, and who lived close to the event. We probably got him out of bed much earlier than he had expected, but he came through with flying colors–or should I say in perfect harmony? Thanks Troy Douglas, of Desert Moon!

Our campaign manager brought balloons to the event. I hadn’t thought about how dangerous it could be to drive with a van full of blue and orange balloons, but we heard all about it when he arrived, frazzled, at the event. The balloons did give us a festive feeling, and they looked great both in the news coverage and in the photos.

One of the things I’ve been doing as a volunteer is helping to design a website for Dan. It is just bare bones, but it is live. You can take a peek at danfor55.com.  So far you can’t leave any campaign donations there, but you can leave us a message, or offer to volunteer your services.  You can also see some pictures from our big announcement. Please visit the site today, and come back often! I promise it is only going to get better.

P.S. I’m pretty sure there is going to be a DEM candidate in House District 54 too.  All of our work trying to recruit DEM candidates in Mesa County is finally beginning to pay off…