I am so pleased that I came in second in the Iowa City Council primary yesterday. Pleased and honored. I really appreciate all the support I've gotten thus far, certainly in terms of votes, but also in terms of support, advice, assistance, and of course, cash. And it's all added up to a pretty respectable finish in the primary. Thanks again!

I'm probably dating myself, but do you remember the old ads the for Avis rental car agency? "When you're number two, you try harder" was the slogan as I recall. Well, it's true.

The next month is going to be hectic: forums, meetings, door-to-door, you name it. But I'm going to finish second (or maybe even first, but I won't be greedy -- second would work just fine) again in November and that's going to be a lot of work. Fortunately, it's fun!