Many here know various accounts of my experience with Red County.

Without inciting a debate – my advice to you guys is to jealously guard your integrity. It is the only thing you really control and no one can take it away unless you let them.

Thanks also for Promoting CRA – we appreciate it very much!

Your friend from up north…

Just remember to guard your integrity jealously and this blog will live on as long as it needs to.

P.S. thanks for promoting CRA, we appreciate it a lot!

Your friend from up North.

When the site expanded to national coverage the plan was to have pros managing each region. Not sure what broke down but at one point I realized Chip was managing the site alone. He let me have the keys to the car so i could help, but it is impossible to manage with a couple unpaid non-techies in our free time. He would never be ungentlemanly enough to tell what happened, but I sure got the feeling the money people expanded and then let it twisting in the wind without resources to support the expansion. We will never know, I am sure it was all done with the best of intentions, but I am sad that what could have been a real game-changer for some close races has been lost.

I am very grateful to Matt Cunningham for inviting me into his sandbox, even when he knew the likelihood of me throwing sand at his friends. And I am thankful to Chip Hanlon for bringing me into the inner circle when the expansion was planned, it meant a lot to feel so valued, and I will crawl across broken glass for that man if he ever wants to tackle a project in the future. Somehow we will all find ways to hold our leaders accountable, but this is a real loss for both sides of the political spectrum.