Two years ago, the city government in Fort Worth proposed shutting down some of its libraries to make up for a budget deficit. One of the libraries on the chopping block was the Wedgwood branch, the one we walk to weekly. Of course we were upset and even spoke at a city council meeting to protest.
The library stayed open and we got to know our city councilman, Jungus Jordan. He assured us that we wouldn't lose the library as long as he was in office and we assured him that we would help him when he was up for re-election.
Now's the time. I am a supporter of Jungus for political reasons, and the kids are supporters of Jungus for friendship reasons. They love the guy. One day we saw him shopping at Albertson's and the kids yelled, "Hey Mr. Jungus!" down every aisle and he didn't get the least bit annoyed. So we are all official Jungus fans over here.
Today Adam and I took the kids and campaigned with Jungus down our block and on the next street. Our campaign trail was small because we have small people involved, but there was a lot of heart. The kids rang a lot of doorbells and would tell everyone "Vote for Mr. Jungus!" I think we won over a few votes from cuteness alone.
We also met some interesting people and a parrot. We stayed a long time campaigning to
Heather, and I think we got her vote.
Above is Jungus talking to the real voter in the house about actual issues. He did talk to the parrot, but I don't want you to think he's actually "talking to the parrot." But really, isn't this guy great? How many people take time out of their day to talk to a parrot and discuss political concerns with the parrot's owner?
The kids posed with Heather the parrot, trying to persuade her to vote or to sing "Row, Row Your Boat."
