By Dwight Patel

First Vice Chairman, MCGOP

We all have a lot of fun on social media. Who doesn’t enjoy poking liberal friends with facts, and constantly putting them on the defensive? Of course, that’s fine if you aren’t running for office or planning to run for office. And while it’s important to concentrate on the mechanics of establishing a presence on social media, let’s talk about the not-so-pleasant downside of some of your past posts.

By Dwight Patel

It’s October – the leaves are changing colors, and hopefully the weather will get cooler soon. You are 75 days away from Christmas; 82 days away from January 1, 2018, and 391 days from Election Day (Pls note: I’m writing this on October 11, 2017). So, what does this mean? First, you only have 74 shopping days left until Christmas. But more importantly, you have 82 days until January 1, 2018, the first day of another exciting election year.

BY DWIGHT PATEL

Let’s do a Brief Review

So, it is now September 2017, you have likely gone through the process of do I run or not, possibly got your donor list together ready to go. You have your domain, Facebook, Twitter Handle secured, IF NOT SHAME ON YOU GO DO IT NOW, (STOP READING AND GET THAT DONE FIRST, THIS ARTICLE ISN’T GOING ANYWHERE). You should be working on getting a speaker for your campaign kick-off or first fundraising event. At the end of this column I will have a check list for you to do between now and the filing deadline.