Sunday, October 11, 2009 Block Walk Crew, Part II - Afternoon Walk

Google Map of Door-to-Door - LMC Street Team Walks

GOOGLE MAP OF DOOR-TO-DOOR
I am most appreciative to the volunteers who are working every day in the hot June sun walking door-to-door to spread the word of our campaign. Daniel set up a google map of the walks this June and below is the progress thus far. Thank YOU again everyone who is helping out in the campaign! The nice part about google maps is the one can zoom and in out to view details of the city.

View Door to Door in June 2009 in a larger map

June 20, 2009 MapMyWalk Entry

Dan McCarthy for Mayor

These are a couple of stills from one of my favorite shots in the documentary. Here is Daniel "Dan the Man" McCarthy Mayoral candidate campaigning on election day in Victory Gardens.

This is a still from a clip in which Dan discusses straight ticket early voting feedback on campus at Texas State.

Door-2-Door with Kendra

Stills from Campaigning at LBJ During Early Voting

with Daniel McCarthy Candidate for Mayor


Daniel McCarthy Candidate for Mayor

Yard Sign Proof

The yard signs are ordered and here is our proof:

Texas State Family Day - The Force & Boko Steals a Kiss

Here is a clip from today's footage at Texas State's Family day:



Here are some stills from the documentary footage:

Getting the Posters Out And Around San Marcos - Stills from Documentary

Placing posters at Wake the Dead

Placing posters up at Valentino's PIzza

Talking to people at Sundance 

Getting the Posters Out And Around San Marcos - Stills from Documentary

Placing posters up at Tantra

Public office candidates meet voters ‘Sunday in the Park for Liberty’ - University Star

Public office candidates meet voters ‘Sunday in the Park for Liberty’
Posted on Tuesday, September 16, 2008 at 12:59 am | By Sean Batura

News election House of Representatives Matt Young Will Conley Candidates for public office gathered at Rio Vista Park Sunday to meet people whose votes may disrupt the status quo. The San Marcos chapter of the Campaign for Liberty, which grew out of Texas Congressman Ron Paul’s bid for the Republican presidential nomination, hosted “Sunday in the Park for Liberty.” According to the organization’s Web site, its fundamental principles consist of “respect for the Constitution, the rule of law, individual liberty, sound money and a noninterventionist foreign policy.”

Residents met candidates such as Matt Young, for Texas House District 45, Lisa Coppoletta, for seat 4 on the City Council, Rodney Van Ouderkerke, for justice of the peace, Will Conley, for Hays County commission, Luanne Caraway, for Hays County tax collector-assessor, and Daniel McCarthy, for mayor of San Marcos. Conley and Luanne are running for re-election.

McCarthy, history junior, said he wants to give Texas State graduates an incentive to stay in the city in the form of $10,000 housing grants.

McCarthy said he turned down an opportunity to receive money from the San Marcos Area Board of Realtors and signed a waiver stating he would use less than $500 in his campaign.

McCarthy said he wants to be beholden to the people in his constituency instead of wealthy special interest groups “I want to show people that this can be done on a shoestring budget,” said McCarthy, member of the Campaign for Liberty. “You don’t have to spend $10,000 on a city race.”

McCarthy said residents should not hesitate to embrace third-party candidates.

“We all need to be looking into alternatives,” McCarthy said. “It’s a false dichotomy. The Democrats and Republicans are two sides of the same coin.”

The story is located here:
Public office candidates meet voters ‘Sunday in the Park for Liberty’

Rancho Vista Candidates Meet & Greet

Went to a Meet and Greet for candidates throughout Hays County.
It was nice to speak to our county residents about a variety of topics.

Initial Campaign Thoughts

On August 21, 2008 I filed for Place 4 on the San Marcos City Council.
It has been almost two decades since I first decided to be of service to our fair city by becoming a candidate for city council. San Marcos has been my home since 1986 and as an educator of students who later became educators themselves, I have been privileged to watch many of our youth grow up to be enlightened adults thanks to the combined efforts of the city and the university.

I am an instructor of Speech Communication at Austin Community College and University Seminar here at Texas State. I am an Academic Advisor I for the College of Education at Texas State and work primarily with Health, Physical Education, Recreation Students as well as students who have completed their undergraduate coursework working on teacher's certification. In my spare time I work as a multimedia artist with my mediums being: spoken word, sound design, video compositing and animation.

My main issues are three-fold a no kill shelter for dogs and cats, fostering an accelerated eco tourism through a variety of innovative programs and creating new programs for at-risk-youth by utilizing computers for independent filmmaking/music production.

Since San Marcos has both the natural resources and talent in its local citizens to enhance eco-tourism to the point where it can regenerate and sustain itself and make a profit, it becomes a win-win situation as an exceptionally viable option for boosting our local economy. Through grants and cooperation with the eco-tourism both the no kill shelter and youth programs can be funded. The youth programs would also foster partnerships with Texas State students and youth who are born and raised here in San Marcos.

My Campaign Philosophy:
Let the Experience Speak for Itself: I look forward to open and honest public debates where candidates can share perceptions and policy implementation options frankly with San Marcos public and address their past accomplishes and vision for the future. My professional, academic and activism experience proves that I can foster leadership with an infusion of technology, proactive government and ethical decision making for our citizens, youth and natural resources.

Document the Process: Since I believe that no candidate should run unopposed, especially in a community as pivotal to the IH 35 corridor I am creating a documentary to show the importance of our town and the process of political involvement.