Candidate Sightings

It has been nearly a week since my last post, and you have been wondering what happened to your favorite candidate. Why the long radio silence? Where can you get your next Heidi-fix?

Responding to these questions in order:

With the primary behind us, we have taken a week to regroup. We have been furiously strategizing -- composing ads, ordering signs, mapping locations for them, printing door-hangers, calendaring, etc., etc., etc.

I am truly fortunate to have such a willing and able staff to help. Now here's a true but under-appreciated fact about delegation: The pay-off comes in the long term. In the initial phases, however -- when you're setting policy, establishing procedures, training, communicating, creating confidence, etc. -- successful delegation always takes longer than doing it yourself.

But the pay-off does come. In this case, we now have a fully empowered organization of volunteers, each of whom can act and speak more powerfully for me than I can for myself.

That's why I've been too busy to blog.

Now, here's where to spot myself and all the other nice candidates these next two weeks:

Thursday, October 13, 12:00 noon, American Fork Hospital

Friday, October 14, 7:00 p.m., American Fork Junior High (sponsored by the PTA)

Wednesday, October 19, 7:00 p.m., American Fork Library (sponsored by the Chamber of Commerce)

Thursday, October 20, 7:00 p.m., Senior Center (organized by Keith Richan)

I hope to see you there!