To the victor go the spoils. I don't think it was a slam on any of the other campaigns to say that Torres Ray campaign out worked their opponents. I for one, got many more contacts from her. She made a genuine connection. Some of the candidates made me feel like I was sitting in on a public policy analysis lecture. A couple kind of "talked down" to me. On the other hand, a friend of mine told me that Patricia stopped by last week and they had coffee. Patricia literally won votes one by one in these final weeks. It was quite a sight.

Often the most personable person wins in things like this. "Working Hard" is not just about lit and phone calls. It is also about working hard to be a nice person.

I think Craig did a fair job in covering what went down. I agree Heidi that the SD 62 convention was much more well organized than the city convention last year. That whole arrangments fiasco last year was a mess. I never did quite understand who was to blame for all that.