This evening we are in Sandford Street where a blizzard of Tom Vegh signs appeared earlier this week. 

I am on a mission to find out why.

I have a little band of people with me. They do one side of the street and I do the other.

Houses that look empty and unoccupied always have a Vegh sign outside. 

It takes a long time to canvass Sandford which is a long street. But I am in no rush. I want to hear what people have to say.

I never hear people defending Tom Vegh and his record. It simply doesn’t happen..

Four out of five Vegh signs paid for by developers

When I say that four out of five lawn signs were paid by developers in 2018 and Vegh is now recycling them for his 2022 campaign they nod, soaking the information in.

I have a long conversation with a young woman who wants to know more about the proposed Mulock GO Rail station. I am on home territory here. Fast trains to Newmarket will be transformational. My enthusiasm is infectious. People living near GO Rail stations will see a million benefits.

Now I am spending ten minutes talking to an elderly man who suddenly says he is not interested in politics.

“Why then do you have a Tom Vegh sign on your lawn?"

“Because he was here first and asked me.”

“That’s not good enough.”

Now I am laughing:

“I’ve been answering your questions for ten minutes and you are now going to send me away with nothing? Let me put my lawn sign alongside Vegh’s.”

OK he says.

Making sense of QR Codes

Now I am talking to an elderly woman who clearly likes what I am saying.

I point to the QR Code on my leaflet. 

“This takes you straight to my website. You can find out a lot more about me there.”

Hmmmm she says.

“I don’t know about QR Codes. Can you please tell me how they work? I want to learn more about computers." 

Ten minutes later, satisfied, she says I can put up one of my lawn signs.

Sandford Street now looks very different. My lawn signs are everywhere.

Gordon Prentice 4 October 2022