The Editor's Back Fence
It's the Money, Honey.
A friend asked if we'd gotten an email announcing Jesse Arreguin's candidacy for state Senate. No, I haven't, not at any of the Planet addresses, nor at my personal email. But, it turns out, my husband got an email from jesse@jesse.vote, so he forwarded it to me. (He'd already trashed it.)
In a era where fully half of my emails are fund raising appeals from eager Democrats, it had a familiar theme. Here's the nut 'graf, boldface sic:
"I hope you’ll help get our campaign off to a strong start by donating today.
And please save Wednesday, March 22nd, 5:30 to 7pm for our kick-off event. More details to come!"
The Planet has gotten no formal announcement from the Arreguin campaign yet. Maybe at the "kick-off"?
But never mind, Kelly Hammargren broke the news that he's entering the race ten days ago in the Planet.
Why did my spouse get this email and the Planet didn't? He happened to write a check for one of Arreguin's previous campaigns, which got him on the "A" List, and I didn't.
It's the money, honey.
