{"id":116,"date":"2004-08-31T18:46:53","date_gmt":"2004-08-31T18:46:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hostkabob.com\/vote\/?p=109"},"modified":"2004-08-31T18:46:53","modified_gmt":"2004-08-31T18:46:53","slug":"83104-pm","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/voteforjoeblog.com\/?p=116","title":{"rendered":"8\/31\/04 p.m."},"content":{"rendered":"

“Average Joe” Buckeye Blitz cont. Just before leaving Port Clinton, the county prosecutor there approached, said he’d seen me in the Toledo Blade <\/em>newspaper recently, and wished me luck. Then it was onto Marblehead, Ohio, where I passed out some flyers downtown and met with Gail Kowalcz at Ex Libris used bookstore here. Wonderful story. All the books here are donated by village people. They are using the store to raise money for the rennovation of an old Coast Guard barracks — for the town’s first library. I told the Peninsula News <\/em>here that I applauded the efforts, especially in light of our platform point on decentralism. We would, incrementally, like to see more of these types of old downtown facilities restored, more “Mom & Pop” businesses open downtown as well, and more people walking and bicycling to shop locally. What’s more, I also was impressed with the creative way the town was trying to fund the library from local initiative. From Marblehead, I took a ferry to Kelley’s Island, Ohio. Kelley’s Island is the largest island in Lake Erie, with glacial grooves that are, supposedly the “finest example of glacial scarring in our Western Hempisphere,” according to a book about the Lake Erie Islands. However, I skipped the grooves (I’m not with the kids this week), but rather opted for the “Country Store” in the middle of the island. There I talked the owner into putting up an “average Joe” flyer and button, a ‘campaign coup’ because this is where everyone shops. The owner told me there were about 385 registered voters on the island. So I figure if I carry the island… well, D.C. here we come! (As my wife Liz will, oh, more than a few times say to me: “It’s a happy little world you live in.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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