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    • TravelerElection 2018 Adventure
      Day 15

      We Did It!

      November 7, 2018 in the United States ⋅ ☀️ 16 °C

      Driving back from the victory celebration I couldn’t help smiling at each Delgado for Congress sign.

      The weather was miserable for most of the day which we all know is not good for Democrats. I opened the office at 7:15am and prepped the turf sheets. The first shift was scheduled for 8am. And they came. All day. Midday volunteers came back from knocking doors with soaking literature and coats ready for another turf. 107 volunteers did over 3,200 doors.

      But was it enough? Sullivan County is red. The large Hasidic community votes Republican - Israel. The campaign prioritized the relatively large African American vote in Monticello that traditionally under-votes their numbers in this predominantly or should I say overwhelmingly white district. Somehow one of the large complexes had their apartment numbering and mailboxes changed which didn’t get changed on the voter lists. Our canvassers had major problems finding the doors of our hundred plus Delgado voters.

      At 8 o’clock the last canvassers checked back in totaling 121 turfs. Unbelievable.

      We got to the Election Night party at about 10pm. Early tallies had us up by a couple points. Anxious and excited and hopeful. And at about 11pm CNN called it for Antonio. The room went wild! I yelled, jumped up and down, cried and laughed. We worked so hard. And winning feels like nothing else.

      The Sheriff’s race was called just before ours and Figueroa, who is new to politics, had just gotten up on stage to speak. He gave a passionate speech about protecting everyone and bring justice and equality front and center. There is a new Sheriff in town. Stirring and poignant.

      The crowd chanted Del-ga-do, Del-ga-do, until Congressman-Elect Delgado came around the corner with his wife Lacie up to the stage. Pandemonium. He delivered a humble, gracious, and heartfelt oration. The whole beautiful and diverse crowd cheered and shouted and cried.

      I’m writing this on the plane heading back to Portland where it was a good night too. Kate, JoAnn, defeat anti-sanctuary and abortion measures and passing climate change jobs. Nice work Portland.

      We are clawing our way back. I’m deeply thankful that we took the House and added some new women and people of color to lead. And as hard as we all worked this cycle, we have to double-down and build organizations to keep moving in the right direction.

      I pledged to fight like hell this election. I believe I made a difference.      Read more

    • TravelerEast Coast Summer Trip
      Day 9

      Another Lake Day and Carefree Acres

      July 31, 2018 in the United States ⋅ ☁️ 22 °C

      Everyone went home yesterday, so it’s just me and my dad and his wife, Chris. After a quiet morning, I took a walk up to Carefree Acres, a bungalow colony where I spent summer days swimming, playing games, finding first boyfriends and girlfriends the way that kids do.

      It was mostly deserted with only Pearl and Stanley, now in their eighties holding down the fort. Ivy, their daughter and her husband Jason were there too. Nice to visit with folks who knew me when.

      Ivy reminded me of trips she would lead with all the kids down to the waterfall about a quarter mile away to climb around. We were wild. No adults around. Ivy was about 12 and was the oldest. Different times.

      I stopped in on the kosher bakery. Take a look at their black and white cookie. Also on the way back I noticed the wetlands behind my grandparents’ house in town (now an apartment building). Lots of bird life and flowers.

      After lunch I gathered my dad and Chris to get to Kauneonga Lake with a nice, easy walk in to the water. Dad did a little swimming. Oddly, they wanted to sit at the back of the parking lot about 100 feet from the water. Ok.

      It was nice to have a relaxing day.      Read more

    • TravelerElection 2018 Adventure
      Day 9

      Calm Before the Storm

      November 1, 2018 in the United States ⋅ ⛅ 9 °C

      Last weekend our campaign hit more doors (53,000) than any congressional campaign in the country. Wahoo! We are now preparing for the GOTV phase.

      I’ve spent the last few days scheduling and confirming hundreds of volunteers for the heavy lift Saturday through Tuesday. Bus loads are coming up from New York City to canvass. We are the third largest campaign office but have dozens of satellite offices all managing volunteers.

      I got to meet the candidate after a debate held at the nearby community college. His opponent called him an “ambitious” man a couple of times and kept saying “you just don’t understand”. First, Delgado is a Rhodes Scholar with a law degree. Second, why is that a problem to be ambitious? Everyone running for Congress is ambitious. Sounded very much like “uppity” and calling him dumb. As one of my fellow volunteer leaders said, the dog whistles are like air raid sirens around here.

      The polls have us tied with Nate Silver giving our guy the edge. Still a toss up. The staff (and volunteers ) are nervous but in truth, I feel that this campaign is doing everything it can. I have gotten to know them and really am having a blast. They are in good spirits and are very, very competent. It’s a pleasure getting into the office each day.

      Bob and I watched Antonio Delgado’s wife’s documentary called “Little White Lie”. Lacie Delgado (nee Schwartz) was born and raised as a white Jewish girl from a white Jewish family. They themselves and nearly everyone was led to believe that she was just olive skin like her Sicilian great grandfather. Um. Well. No. Her mom had an affair with an African American man and chose to ignore the obvious. Lacie finally “comes out” as black when she goes to college. So odd and painful for the whole family. Go rent it.

      Fun fact. Did you know that Monticello is the bagel capital of the world? The bagel machine was invented right here.      Read more

    • TravelerElection 2018 Adventure
      Day 4

      Canvassing Swan Lake & Saturday's Storms

      October 27, 2018 in the United States ⋅ 🌧 4 °C

      I canvassed Swan Lake yesterday. It was beautiful and very sad too. I went back into the President Hotel - a pretty wonderful hotel in its day - that was turned into a neighborhood of winterized homes. The view to the small part of Swan Lake was so lovely. Otherwise the town is mostly so poor and depressed. The stores are boarded up and those still there are scraggly looking at best. It is a window into rural living when the main industry, tourism, dries up and is replaced with nothing. Even with the poverty, it was nice to drive around town. I canvassed the building where my dad went to school. I visited the apartment that used to be the gym. Pretty cool.

      Biden came in to town for a rally for Delgado while I was out canvassing. He was inspiring for the staff and volunteers who went. I think it helped get the important local paper in the county to come out supporting Delgado. It feels good. The momentum is building.

      After canvassing, I was charged with setting up all the lists and materials for the weekend of canvassing. We have 85 turfs in our office with about 35 doors each to get through. A formidable task. After the first wave of volunteers came through, I had to abandon half of my system as superfluous and stick to an easier method. Trial by fire. It was a little stressful and fun too.

      In the middle of the day we heard about the shooting at the synagogue. This is a very Jewish area. Many of the volunteers and staff are Jewish. Meri, the Field Organizer, was just so heartbroken. She and we talked about what is happening to this country. How could this be America? The tragedy was compounded by the utter disregard for the lives of these shooting victims by the President. This disgusting, vile and evil man. And the complicity through excuses, denial, and chilling silence of those who support Trump. These are the new brown shirts shouting tomorrow belongs to me. All I can think to do is what I am doing. Trying to turn things around in this one small county, in this one congressional district, in this big country.

      Tomorrow is our last big voter ID (who is fur us and agin us) push before we head into the GOTV (get out the vote) mode. I’m hoping that the folks who didn’t show up today will come in tomorrow. I would love to get another 50 turfs out. Big goals, big goals.      Read more

    • TravelerElection 2018 Adventure
      Day 11

      Record-breaking Day!

      November 3, 2018 in the United States ⋅ ⛅ 4 °C

      69,898 doors in the Congressional district. Today. 261 volunteers at 7,581 doors knocked in my county. Today. I’m excited, exhausted.

      We started the day at 7:30am to discover the office key was not in the flower pot. Oopsie! I crouched in the vestibule and ran my turf lists spying the printer through the window to see if it worked.

      From 9am to 5pm we ran through every one of our turfs, stole turf from Liberty and Lumberland, and refreshed 3 of our lists and still didn’t have enough. It was unbelievable. I’ve never seen any thing like it.

      The four of us in the office were humming. Bob’s space design was a big boost. I was a very good bureaucrat and created a merged Word form to assign and code every turf that went out. A spreadsheet was involved, of course.

      I am so jazzed. If our CD is any indication of what the temperature is out there for Democratic candidates, I am feeling way more optimistic.

      And thank god for an extra hour tonight.      Read more

    • TravelerElection 2018 Adventure
      Day 2

      First Day

      October 25, 2018 in the United States ⋅ ⛅ 0 °C

      Started the day with a New York poppy seed bagel and cream cheese. Not that whipped kind but the solid kind. You know what I’m talking about. Delicious.

      I was introduced to Nate who is managing the Monticello office, Meri, the Field Organizer, and Mac who was cheerful and welcoming as were they all.

      They briefed me on the geography and demographics of the area and who our target voters and contacts are. They did a deeper dive on tracking and managing the data. Pretty sweet. It is all coming back to me now....

      After a lunch of meh chicken parm, I headed out to hit the doors. Sullivan County has some stunningly beautiful places. The trees are turning and the lakesides shimmered late in the afternoon when the sun came out.

      I met some really nice people (including two at the lunch place) who are supporting Delgado. There is an enthusiasm here. It seems that the County Democrats haven’t done much work here in years past. The district Dems are hungry for being organized and motivated to vote and we have a great candidate they like.

      We have about 80 canvass turfs to cover this weekend and it might snow on Saturday. Hahahahaha! The nurses’ and electricians’ unions are coming Saturday along with some other small groups. Mostly door-to-door work is done by district volunteers and staff.

      One thing. The office is unheated! Long story short, the bureaucracy to turn on the heat stymied the Monticello staffs’ efforts. They had three space heaters that later in the day had to be returned. Yikes! The campaign borrowed two more and after my canvass shift, I got a third one that kicks out a lot of heat. I already have made a (temperature) difference.      Read more

    • TravelerAMERIKA
      Day 28

      Close to New York again

      June 25, 2019 in the United States ⋅ 🌧 21 °C

      Wir haben auf dem Campround in Unadilla noch den Abend verbracht. Direkt neben uns stand eine nette Familie aus Montreal, mit drei Kindern, zwei für Maxi, und eine kleine Maus für Mathilda. Die Eltern waren etwas panisch auf der Suche nach einem Shop, in dem sie Wein kaufen können. Ich glaub bei drei Kindern steigt der Bedarf😂😂. Wir haben ihnen eine Flasche Weißwein angeboten, aber sie haben abgelehnt. Kurze Zeit später war mir klar warum: sie brauchten mehr😂, sie haben sich mal locker beim ersten Würtschen ne Pulle in den Kopp geknallt😂😂. Sehr vernünftig, ist ja schließlich Urlaub. Bei längerem Nachdenken ist mir aufgefallen, dass ich mich da früher auch nicht bang gemacht habe im Urlaub ne halbe Pulle wegzuhauen. Mathilda hat uns diesbezüglich einen günstigen Urlaub beschert, im Ganzen waren es zwei Flaschen Wein von denen ich Bernd noch wat abgegeben habe. Der hatte sich hier eher auf regionale Biersorten spezialisiert 😉

      Die Kinder haben jedenfalls schön zusammen gespielt, Baseball, Fußball, Playmobil. Verständigen konnten sie sich irgendwie. Danach haben alle noch zusammen Feuerchen gemacht und die Kokelbande ist stinkend ins Bett gekommen😂. Am Morgen hat es geschüttet und es war kalt. Wir haben uns dann überlegt direkt durchzufahren zum letzten Campground, eigentlich nur 320 Meilen, aber das ist viel hier. Die "highways" sind echte Buckelpisten und nach 4,5 Stunden und etwas mehr als der Hälfte waren es verlockende 27 Grad und Sonnenschein, sodass wir in Plattekill einen schönen Platz genommen haben und erstmal im Schwimmbad waren, Eis kaufen und ne Runde Minigolf gespielt haben . Leider hat es dort in der Nacht zuvor wohl unfassbar geregnet, der Stellplatz war übelst vermatscht. Bei 27 Grad und Sonnenschein fand ich es aber etwas gemein, Thildi in die Matschhose zu stecken. Also waren wir nur zum Essen und Schlafen auf unserem Platz😉.      Read more

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    You might also know this place by the following names:

    Ulster County, مقاطعة أولستر, Ълстър, আলসটের কাউন্টি, Condado de Ulster, Ulsteri maakond, Ulster konderria, شهرستان اولستر، نیویورک, Comté d'Ulster, Ulster megye, Օլստեր շրջան, Contea di Ulster, アルスター郡, Ulster Comitatus, Ulster Kūn, Hrabstwo Ulster, السٹر کاؤنٹی, Comitatul Ulster, Олстер, Округ Алстер, Ольстер, السٹر کاؤنٹی، نیویارک, Quận Ulster, Condado han Ulster, 阿爾斯特縣

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