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I Ran for Borough Council, Fought the Good Fight, and Still Lost
This is what happened to me
Over the past few months, I turned up the privacy settings on my social media accounts, hid my photography and writings, and monitored my Google search page results. Why? Because I was running for a primary spot to be my Borough’s next Councilman and I didn’t want the opposition to find any shred of information to hold against me.
Yes, I expected things to get brutal and they did. It was hard for me to believe that but it came to pass. The reason? I was running in the Republican primary and in my town there was a clear divide between the MAGA nuts and general Republicans.
Politics on the local level are vastly different than on the national stage. At the local level Republicans, Democrats, and Independents argue over the level of funding for things like the Fire Department, Schools, the Library, which roads to pave first, etc.
At the local level, your party affiliation tends to matter less because we’re all neighbors.
We see each other at town events or at the local supermarket. Yes, we have differences of opinions on how things should get done but we all agree that the business of the town needs to be done and we all agree we should move forward.
