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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsInspired by Bernie Sanders, Phishs Drummer Is Running for Local Office in His Maine Hometown
Have to love how Bernie inspires people to get involved in the political process!
Inspired by Bernie Sanders, Phishs Drummer Is Running for Local Office in His Maine Hometown
John Fishman, the man who gives Vermonts most beloved jam band its name and its amorphous backbeat, is getting into local politics. The Associated Press and the Maine Free Press report that the Phish drummer is seeking a seat on the Board of Selectmen in Lincolnville, Maine, where hes lived for ten years and owns a soon-to-be-opened general store. Fishman was inspired to run by his fellow Vermont hippie and Ben & Jerrys ice cream flavor laureate Bernie Sanders, who encouraged his supporters to channel their ideals into local politics while on the campaign trail. Fishman told the Free Press:
Bernie was saying, Look at all of you people who got on the Sanders campaign and cared about these issues, you should run for your local offices, your school boards, your select boards and committees, said Fishman. Public service is needed across the board, so I guess that kind of sentiment just sat with me.
To prepare for the election in June, Fishman has attended several selectboard meetings, boning up on Lincolnvilles most pressing issues, including the politically charged repair of the broken float and ramp at the beach, the Free Press reports. Fishman added that his candidacy is not an ego thing or anything like that, and that hes driven by a sense of civic duty a a personal stake in the well-being of the town.
We salute Fishmans altruism and wish him the best in the upcoming election. Given the relatively small stakes and Phishs popularity in the northern wilds of New England, its hard to imagine he wont win.
http://www.spin.com/2017/04/inspired-by-bernie-sanders-phishs-drummer-is-running-for-local-office-in-his-maine-hometown/
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Inspired by Bernie Sanders, Phishs Drummer Is Running for Local Office in His Maine Hometown (Original Post)
FDRsGhost
Apr 2017
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ghostsinthemachine
(3,569 posts)1. Awesome. Will he campaign
In the dress?
VigilantG
(374 posts)2. Thank you Bernie
For your inspiration and our awakening!
Thank you Fishman, and best of luck to you. Civic service needs to be bigger part of education.
beam me up scottie
(57,349 posts)3. Awesome! I saw them perform in a bar in Burlington years ago.
Nestors it was, and the crowd spilled out into the street.
Good luck, Fishman!
Champion Jack
(5,378 posts)4. which politician has the highest approval rating of all?
Warren DeMontague
(80,708 posts)5. Go Get Em, John.
Bring your vacuum!
Warren DeMontague
(80,708 posts)6. I'd like to see Stipe run for something.
Dude would make an awesome Senator.
SMC22307
(8,090 posts)7. "Public service is needed across the board..."
Wonder how many others Bernie has inspired to run.