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Eight pounds lost,roger vivier boots, two dog bites bandaged and countless cups of tea sipped. After a 24-day campaign, the mayoral candidates for the Town of Westville are ready to kick off their shoes and put their feet up. And for good reason. Westville has some of the longest roads in the county. Ninety-six kilometres of road to be exact. To see just how far the three men running for mayor walked during door-to-door campaigning, The News provided them with pedometers. All together, they walked 421, 860 steps. "To tell you the truth,roger vivier pumps, I was ready to throw in the towel last week," says Gerald Muir. "The first couple weeks were rough. But I got the hang of it and quickly learned never to interrupt people when their soap opera is on or when they are playing TV bingo." Muir, who suffers from arthritis, says he didn't anticipate the physical demand that comes with campaigning. Most of the time, he drove his car from house to house,kevin durant nerf shoes release date, which is why he says he has not racked up the step mileage as the other candidates. So far, Muir has gone down two notches on his belt. And he isn't the only one. Tom O'Brien says he lost eight pounds on the campaign diet. "I was walking two miles a day before this started and I thought that would get me ready,roger vivier pumps. Now I am averaging five to six miles a day. It's tough." What is proving to be even tougher are the people and pets the candidates meet along the way. O'Brien has been bit twice by a dog while campaigning in his neighbourhood,Peuterey sale. Muir has had a run in with a few impatient voters. And Roger MacKay has had to sit through his fair share of cups of tea with over-hospitable voters. "I would say 96 per cent of the people I come across are very supportive,jordans shoes for sale," says MacKay. "But there are always a few who, well lets just say are not so pleasant." Maintaining campaign signs is also a task for Westville's future mayor. All three say they have had to replace signs after kids knocked them down. A new sign does not come cheap. O'Brien says the sign retails at $5 to $6 and the stake is roughly 75 cents,roger vivier sale. Multiply that by the dozens of signs each candidate has erected around town,peuterey jacket products. "The most frustrating part is seeing my pamphlets in the garbage bin at the post office,parajumpers outlet," says O'Brien. "You put all that work into making it and people throw it out without looking at it." 相关的主题文章： http://vishivay.ru/forum/viewtopic.php?p=943003#943003 http://www.newparitet.ru/forum/showthread.php?p=127781#post127781 http://www.compazinegtccv.fora.pl/what-say-watery-smile-work-during-quiet-breath-ambien-strengths-loove-you-iscouraged,1/trend-regarding-shoes-or-boots-proceeded-to-go-to,5214.html#5246 http://www.aciphextozby.fora.pl/something-went-know-her-night-life-weight,1/how-many-of-your-fb-friends-spun1,3685.html#3707 http://www.vasotecdzeen.fora.pl/need-you-two-brown-the-hole-prozac-news-positions,1/race-lout-pours-beer-over-head-of-woman,5539.html#5587 http://www.antabusemrlnh.fora.pl/asher-slipped-werewolf-but-some-sound-pure-human-fooled,1/near-by-youngsters-cater-to-eventually-without-sho,3353.html#3373 http://bbs1.jtuhouston.org/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?p=155172#155172 http://www.darknessevolution.fora.pl/general-discussion,5/the-story-behind-the-air-jordan-5-sneakers,60921.html#69483 http://youpokedthebear.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=1238566 http://www.orderphenterminecheap.fora.pl/buy-cheap-phenterminme-online-phentermine-prescription,1/jeans-fashion-of-autumn-spun2,3686.html#3706 http://www.philosophiaupjp2.fora.pl/miedzywydzialowe-studium-wychowania-fizycznego,21/celebrate-thanksgiving-with-jewelocean-collection,4189.html#4363 http://forum.zeload.com/viewtopic.php?f=36&t=614557 http://soundman-interactive.com/user_blog.php http://www.sportsprimetime.net/forums/showthread.php?p=1233472#post1233472 http://www.724link.com/blog/2013/08/do-you-know-of-toms-ballroom-shoes/ |
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