Save The Date!

Friends,

On Saturday, July 26, I'll be having a birthday/fundraising party for my water district campaign. I'll be turning 44. It will be in Ladera Ranch at 1pm. More details will be forthcoming shortly.

Thanks for your support,
Gary Kephart

I'm not doing Faire this year

Some of you already know this, and some of you may have wondered why you didn't see my today at Faire registration. But, yep, after 20 years of doing Faire, I'm taking this year off. Now why on earth would I not do Faire? Well, some of you may know that I've gotten involved in politics the last couple of years. This year, I've decided to take the plunge and really go for it.

I'm running for public office.

Yep, my name's going to show up on a ballot this November. Some of you may even be able to vote for me. That's if you get your water from the Santa Margarita Water District (SMWD). I'm running for their Board of Directors. This is going to take a lot of work from me. Those three months of weekends that Faire takes up are better used by me to go out and knock on doors and shake some hands. I was hoping to have my campaign web site up and running by this point for you to see, but things are taking a little longer than expected.
I'm not going to be able to do this by myself. That's where you come in. :) I know you're all busy right now with Faire, but I'm hoping you'll be able to help me later. And you don't even have to live in my district to help me. How can you help? In a couple of ways: by donating money or time. Yes, money is an unfortunate but necessary means of getting name recognition and getting my message out to the voters. It also proves "viability". If I can show that my friends and family believe in me enough to donate money, then others are more willing to donate as well. Once I have my website up, it will have instructions on how to donate money. No donation is too small or unwelcome.
You can donate your time by going door-to-door in my district, handing out my flyers and convincing as many of the 81,000 voters as possible to vote for me this November. I might even try a phone bank, and anyone who would like to call on my behalf would be very welcome.
If any of you are willing to help my campaign, please email me at gary_kephart@pobox.com. I will truly appreciate any help I can get.

Thank you all, and try to have fun at Faire without me (and Laura) this year. ;)
Gary