What I did on my vacation from blogging

“I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again: Democracy simply does not work.” – Kent Brockman

I’m a Cub fan – I’m used to being disappointed.

And so, on a base level, I’ve spent a life being prepared to accept being bounced from the District 12 Aldermanic Primary last month. Most of you already know everything that went into the race. I did everything I could and ran the race I wanted to. I managed to convince over 500 of my neighbors to trust my vision of true neighborhood-based progressive independence – hitting my main goal.

In the end, it simply wasn’t enough. It wound up being a numbers game where I got squeezed between an establishment conservative and a brand-name progressive. Even though I have absolutely no regrets, I’m left with a very empty feeling .

So I have been spending the last three weeks recovering from seven months of frenetic activity of a high-powered campaign and working on things like culinary ideas in the kitchen, listening to my backlog of emusic downloads, planning my garden for the summer, getting involved in neighborhood issues, and starting my taxes. And I’m following an idea I discussed on Election Night at my “Victory” party with Jesse from Dane101 – I’m going to bring Spin City back.

As Western Music’s second-most-important Joplin would say, freedom’s just another word for not having a campaign to lose. I’m going to let Mike be Mike again. That means interesting projects and reports on Spin City about them. Hope you enjoy it.