In regards to my candidacy for Village Trustee, a few supporters have commented that my opponents have started putting up signs, and they wanted to know where they could get some of my signs to display.
Signs, campaign literature, advertising --- they all cost money. And after giving it a lot of thought, I have come to the conclusion that on an philosophical basis (and perhaps a very naive basis) I don't think that large sums of money have a place in a Trustee Election in Shorewood.
I am not saying that each candidate shouldn't have some modest literature, at a nominal cost, from their own pocket. But you can't do signs and fancy glossy brochures without spending hundreds if not thousands of dollars.
I do think signs have a place in races with larger population bases, but in a village the size of Shorewood, I think it distracts from issues ....... we are small enough that our citizens should be able to discern between the candidates based upon their stances on the issues.
I would encourage my opponents to open a blog, as I have done here on Shorewoodnow.com, and put their thoughts and positions on the issues to the test of the light of day and open dialogue.
I know a candidate blog can be a dangerous thing --- it is pretty hard to re-spin something that you already committed to writing ! But that is exactly why I think it makes for good politics --- as it gives the electorate a True Picture of where each Candidate stands on the Issues.
I would like to offer a true Grass Roots alternative to my supporters who would like to post a sign.
Instead of looking for a fancy printed and expensive sign for your yard, how about saving a tree, and taking some of your used cardboard, and recycling it by printing Tatarowicz 4 Trustee on it with a magic marker.
It will make a much greater statement for someone to go to the effort to make their sign and plant it on a stick in their yard, than to simply give a candidate permission to have one of their signs put there
