Voting is in-person TODAY! Election Day is finally here, and it’s going to be a rainy day, so make your plan to vote now. Voting opens at 7 a.m. today, Tuesday, May 6 at the fire station (955 Moss Street), and it’s open until 7 p.m. so be sure to give yourself enough time to get there before they close.
To vote, you will be asked for your address and name. This is to verify that you are registered to vote in Colorado and that you live in or own property in Pleasant View. As a reminder, you can vote as a renter as long as you’re registered at the address where you rent!
The ballot has four names on it. You can vote for up to three people. Please do not check all the names or your ballot will not be counted. I hope you’ll vote for me, Joe Anderson, and Jennie Heismann!
After you vote, celebrate at Barrels & Bottles on Tuesday night. Barrels is such a great asset to the Pleasant View community and the owners (Zach and Abby) are doing a special just for Pleasant View residents on election day! Anyone who lives in Pleasant View gets $2 off your first beer (including NA options)!
Hang out with your neighbors and celebrate the opportunity to vote and be part of our community! Barrels and Bottles is located at 1055 Orchard St and is open from 11 am - 9 pm. I’ll be there in the afternoon with my family to have some good food and tasty beer! There are also nonalcoholic beverage options.
Final door-knocking recap
Ultimately, my family and I knocked on the doors of about 800 houses in the district, and we had the opportunity to chat with hundreds of wonderful people.
The same themes kept coming up in all of my conversations:
Neighbors want more information and accountability
One source of reliable information would be meaningful to almost every neighbor I talked to. There are so many parts to our community since we aren’t in a city. There’s the county, the water company, the sewer district, the State, the Federal government, the list goes on. Without one true source of information, rumors start and confusion and anxiety spread in the community.
We need that reliable source of information about what’s going on in Pleasant View. That’s why I started this newsletter and what I will try to improve if elected.
All of those different departments also make it hard for neighbors to know where to go with questions, and many people described feeling like they were being run around to a million different departments without ever getting an answer or feeling like someone cared about them. Several neighbors described feeling so discouraged that they’ve given up hope for Pleasant View to improve.
I have felt that feeling too - it’s why I decided to run. I want to re-energize you all to care and get involved. The first step is voting. If you elect me to the Board, I can’t wait to hear from you, I love hearing your questions, and I want to help make Pleasant View an even better place to live for all the people here in our community.
Almost nobody knew about the election or expected to have to vote in-person
Your voice in your community is important, and I was bummed to hear over and over again that so few people knew the election was coming up. That’s why I spent the last seven weekends knocking on doors to get the word out, and I wish the district did more to publicize the election.
Voting is also confusing because people expect that they’ll receive a ballot in the mail, not to have go in-person. The last time Pleasant View had an in-person only election, only 129 people voted. Nearly 4,000 people live in our community. Make a plan to vote Tuesday and bring your neighbors and friends!
I hope you vote for me, but above all, I just hope you vote. Help me demonstrate that people who live in this community do care and want to be engaged and involved.
I am so lucky to live in Pleasant View with all of you
It wouldn’t be a door-knocking recap without some sappy gratitude!
Thank you to Evelyn (I’m guessing on spelling!) for noticing my son left his Pikachu toy on your front porch and to your dad for driving around the neighborhood to find us and return Pikachu. That would have been a huge loss without your thoughtful action!
I also met Nate who makes custom classroom equipment for Jeffco students. This is a job I did not know existed but I am so glad it does! He starts in a few weeks to serve the more than 10,000 students in Jeffco public schools with special needs.
We met Ashley, who works with families to give them the tools for their kids to stay in school. And my husband met Marie, who has been a crossing guard at Shelton Elementary for 30 YEARS! How cool is that?!
Within a few minutes of meeting Matt, he invited me and my family to his block party later that day. Matt loves bringing together and people like him are what I love about Pleasant View - get together in your yard, everyone is welcome, come as you are and let’s build a community. We had a great time and loved getting to meet more people in the neighborhood!
Thank you to all of you who answered your door, sent me emails, and called with your feedback. I am so grateful to everyone who invited me into their living room, offered a water or a snack, or let me and my family interrupt your yard work to talk about our community and get to know each other.
Last but certainly not least, I could not have done this without my family’s support. It was intimidating to put myself out there and run for office, but my family was behind me every step of the way and put so much time in effort in getting the word out.
My son is five and spent countless hours walking, scooting, and in his stroller listening to me talk to other grown ups…for the last seven weekends in a row. My husband was right there with us every single weekend in all different types of weather supporting me and getting to know our neighbors. Thank you!
Vote tomorrow (or today if it’s already Tuesday when you read this) at 955 Moss Street, and see you at Barrels & Bottles!