Erik Holt

And I just, I tried to stay out of it as I could.

They would always attempt to drag me in, for sure.

I have some, you know, screenshots of texts and stuff.

Like one of the guys that ends up becoming...

The board president called me a misogynist on like Facebook group or something.

And I was a misogynistic leader.

And I'm like, well, hey, man, I'm a single dad of two girls.

Maybe keep that rhetoric to yourself or not in the public eye.

But also my department is made up of half females that respect me.

And where are you coming from?

And it was just like, oh, it's just political talk.

Yeah.

Well, and especially like as a dad, I was like, all right, dude, you know, I already don't like you from the beginning for your rhetoric.

Right.

But, um, I was not concerned with who, who would ever win.

I thought, um,

I think in any jurisdiction, right, people that have success in a track record as incumbents, incumbents generally have the advantage anyways because people will go, who's there right now?

And check that box, right?

So, anywho, January to May.

You know, my world is just the fire department, but the political local stuff is heating up.