The New Year

The holidays are over and like everyone else I'm back to work. The Justice Center appears to have survived the absence of clerks, lawyers and judges without ill effects. While these next three months promise to bring an incredibly hard challenge of taking care of the people's business of trying criminal cases, they also bring for me the personal challenge of laying the groundwork for getting elected on August 7, 2008.

After office hours I'm making calls to the Townsend Voting Precinct on the quest of forming a Committee of Supporters, let's call them "Friends of Mike". One goal is to have 33 separate Committees, one for each and every one of the 33 voting locations in this County. I've already talked with some great folks about their lives and perhaps chatted a bit too long for political purposes. It is truly amazing how interconnected we are with each other, by our backgrounds, our life experiences and by our goals and aspirations. In the process of just a few calls I've identified some new supporters and come up with a new goal.

No Precinct Committee of the "Friends of Mike" should consider itself complete until it has at least one Republican, one Democrat and one Independent. Being a Judge should never be about politics as usual and neither should this campaign.

Please help me make this happen. If you, my friend, are reading this message please email mike@mearesforjudge.com or call 681-0553. Let me know where you vote and I'll put you in touch with the ever growing number of Meares for Judge Supporters in your area. People will best hear the message "Equal Justice for All" when they can see that their neighbors share their aspirations for this campaign and this community.