Mar 17

Written by: Steve Erbach
Tuesday, March 17, 2009 1:12 PM

I was promised that the Realtor's Association of Northeast Wisconsin would get back to me by Monday to let me know if they supported my candidacy for alderman instead of my opponent's.  I got the letter today:

Our Association's Board of Directors has chosen not to endorse your campaign.  It is our hope however, that the prevailing candidates will consider our Association's expertise, particularly on issues related to housing, land use regulations and economic development, a valuable tool in solving problems that we'll surely be confronting now and in the future.

What does this mean?  Probably very little.  The group was very professional and the members were tolerant of what I had to say.  But in the end it boils down to whether the voters approve of me, not the Realtor's Association.  It would have been nice to add its endorsement to my political resumé, but I don't have a huge PR firm that puts out press releases and such.  I have to contact people one-at-a-time.

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