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Campaign Stump Speech

The Somerville Media Center is tucked off Poperzi Way, adjacent the Aeronaut Brewery, which looked sleepy as I passed a scupted robotic feature reminding me of Don Quijote facing Los Molinos, the giants he sees in the distance, despite assurance of his sidekick Sancho Panza.  Taping this stump speech two weeks ago was to expose myself and become an illusion, an image captured for political consumption. I walked in and the Center's Board Director Joe Lynch, wearing a bermuda shirtand white pants, was seated on a sofa in the production room.  "Come on in," he said. Another candidate was studying his phone and preparing for another take. "So how's the campaign going?" he asked.  We last spoke in May at Henry "Hank" Henson Park on Medford Street. He signed my nomination papers and assured me the Media Center would be giving everyone a chance to make a stump speech video.  I went and took a look at myself in the mirror. I had a stickie note with seven w...