Dear Editor:

I knew spring had finally sprung when a couple of weeks ago I was returning from my late afternoon fix of Mexican food in Brunswick. When I crossed the bridge over the Kennebec River I noticed a large piece of an iceberg floating downstream with two polar bears and Al Gore sitting on it. I wanted to stop and thank Al for all of the Global Warming I had to shovel all winter but the early stages of Montezuma's revenge was starting and I still wanted to stop in Wiscasset to sit in at the Ordinance Board meeting. They were debating a proposed nuisance ordinance that would set decibel levels for Wiscasset's teachers constant whining. Unfortunately the board members once again couldn't agree on anything so I left for home.

On the way I was thinking that maybe I should get involved in local political service because I am a pretty smart guy. After all it was me who prepaid my fuel oil at $2.60 a gallon, bought a 60 mile per gallon Prius and gave up smoking thirty years ago. I don't know anyone, now serving the voters of Wiscasset, with that record of mental decisiveness. That's when I decided to "toss my hat in the ring" and run for selectman or king now that Duane Goud is abdicating.

Ok, you can get up off the floor and stop laughing. I really did go to the town office and got my nomination papers (glad I gave them all a laugh also). I then started calling on all of the good citizens in town who owed me money or whom I had something really juicy on and managed to get the required number of signatures.

So here it is folks. It's official. I have appointed an exploratory committee to see if James Carvel or Karl Rove are available and hired Snowball the "Spokespaca" as my campaign manager (The Back River Alliance boys were not available).

Besides my obvious qualifications and virtues for office, I hereby state I have never attended the Reverend Wright's church and I was in no way under sniper fire in Bosnia. However, I do take the responsibility of representing the citizens of Wiscasset very seriously and am looking forward to actually telling everyone about my platform shortly.

So, there you have it. Now you do your part. Register to Vote, Ask questions of the candidates and most important on Election Day: Vote Early and Vote Often.

Thanks

Skip Taylor