One of the best perc from being the Treasurer of the County Democratic Party [View all]

[WCGreen]

here in Cleveland was to getting invited to all sorts of ethnic festivals. And it wasn't just walking around as a by stander. No, I was sucked in a lot of time trying to do ethnic dancing, eating "interesting" food and getting to know people I would never have encountered.

I spent the good part of every summer manning the Party booths at dozens of festivals. We ran a voter drive at every event. The best part of that was I signed up hundreds, if not thousands, of first time voters over the 8 years.

All the petty stuff that goes along with dealing with egos and purposely destructive people falls away and what I remember most is talking through translators and witnessing the joy in the eyes of those who were now ready to vote, many for the first time.