A hay wagon filled with children brings up the rear of Sheriff Steve Mansfield's contingent of supporters in the Napavine parade yesterday.
By Sharyn L. Decker
Lewis County Sirens news reporter
Dogs wearing campaign T-shirts, balloon and sign carrying supporters and candidates for office handing out stickers and brochures instead of candy.
I’ve gone to a couple of parades lately to get a sense of how many volunteers the various candidates have walking with them.
Centralia attorney Jonathan Meyer who is running for Lewis County prosecutor brought quite the crowd with him yesterday to Napavine’s Funtime Festival parade. It’s hard to tell how many were with incumbent prosecutor Michael Golden, because his group of gold T-shirt wearing people got separated from each other as they moved through the parade route – the same thing happened last weekend at the Toledo Cheese Days parade.
Both men running for Lewis County coroner brought a contingent with them as did both men running for Lewis County sheriff.
I’m guessing the little ones traveling in the hay wagon were more comfortable than the kids last week in Toledo who rode in the manure spreader trailer.
Don’t know how much it all says about who would be ahead if there were polls, but I was most impressed by the “hard and fruity” Now and Later candies, the pep band in Toledo last week, and of course, always the princesses and their courts.
The vote-by-mail primary is just one month away, on Aug. 17. And I’ve been told numerous times, but haven’t verified it yet, those running for prosecutor, sheriff and coroner will see their names on those ballots and then the same pairs of candidates for each office should be on the November general election ballots again.
Deputy Sgt. Ken Cheeseman trails behind his supporters in the Napavine parade yesterday. The candidate for sheriff was among many, many office-seekers walking in the parade.
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Columns and commentary: Parade princesses and candy get my vote
A hay wagon filled with children brings up the rear of Sheriff Steve Mansfield's contingent of supporters in the Napavine parade yesterday.
By Sharyn L. Decker
Lewis County Sirens news reporter
Dogs wearing campaign T-shirts, balloon and sign carrying supporters and candidates for office handing out stickers and brochures instead of candy.
I’ve gone to a couple of parades lately to get a sense of how many volunteers the various candidates have walking with them.
Centralia attorney Jonathan Meyer who is running for Lewis County prosecutor brought quite the crowd with him yesterday to Napavine’s Funtime Festival parade. It’s hard to tell how many were with incumbent prosecutor Michael Golden, because his group of gold T-shirt wearing people got separated from each other as they moved through the parade route – the same thing happened last weekend at the Toledo Cheese Days parade.
Both men running for Lewis County coroner brought a contingent with them as did both men running for Lewis County sheriff.
I’m guessing the little ones traveling in the hay wagon were more comfortable than the kids last week in Toledo who rode in the manure spreader trailer.
Don’t know how much it all says about who would be ahead if there were polls, but I was most impressed by the “hard and fruity” Now and Later candies, the pep band in Toledo last week, and of course, always the princesses and their courts.
The vote-by-mail primary is just one month away, on Aug. 17. And I’ve been told numerous times, but haven’t verified it yet, those running for prosecutor, sheriff and coroner will see their names on those ballots and then the same pairs of candidates for each office should be on the November general election ballots again.
Deputy Sgt. Ken Cheeseman trails behind his supporters in the Napavine parade yesterday. The candidate for sheriff was among many, many office-seekers walking in the parade.
Tags: By Sharyn L. Decker, news reporter
This entry was posted on Sunday, July 18th, 2010 at 1:47 pm and is filed under Columns and commentary. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed. Both comments and pings are currently closed.