* (15 Days till Election) PK' FADES OUT with his Dalmatians as Politicians Begin their Blitz with Two Weeks to Go

"PK" means 

Paul Keane 

and also 

Promises Kept.

I promised my UN-campaign would do the opposite  of ordinary campaigns.

Politicians ask for money: I ask for none.

Politicians buy signs and ads: I buy none.

Politicians spend thousands: I spent $17.35.

Politicians try to please : I've offended.

Politicians blitz ads the final weeks:

I will fade out these final weeks.

It's all in your hands now.  I've done all I know how to do.  If you simply ask another voter to vote for me, that is all I ask.

This has been the best six months of my life thanks to the support and enthusiasm of my supporters.. I'll be 68 in December.  You make me feel 38 !

Many thanks.

Back to the Beginning Promises 

Five Months Ago:

* Good Luck to All: If you have not done so in the past, remember to register by Wednesday, October 31st, Town Clerk's Office, 171 Bridge Street

I've run out of ideas for social media.  
Best wishes to the other three candidates and myself on Election Day.  

It's up to the voters now.

YOU WILL VOTE FOR TWO OF THE ABOVE ON ELECTION DAY
(L-R)
Kevin Christie (Democrat);
Paul Keane (Independent);
Sheila Vowinkel (Democrat);
Alex DeFelice (Republican)

* (16 Days Till Election) Send the Pooper Scooper to Montpelier: Six Decades of Experience with You-Know-What

"What stinks, Ma?" 

(PK as Toddler, 1945)

"What's that Stink in Washington?"
(PK as Activist, 1972)

More Stink in Washington: PK,1972

"What's that stink in the dooryard?" 

 (PK at 62 having dug up his septic tank)

"Who's making all that stink?"  

(PK at 67: the UN-Campaign)

Send 
The Pooper Scooper 

to 

Montpelier

* Off Kilter in PK's Driveway

* (17 days till Election ) PK as Sergeant Pepper (with Lonely Hearts Club Band music)

Sergeant Pepper (Costume worn every Halloween 
at HHS from 1987-2011)

Hit "Watch on YouTube" for the music.

* (18 Days till Election) PK in Four College Snapshots: Ithaca College, 1968; Kent State 1971; Yale, 1985; Bread Loaf 1990-97

2000 Votes Needed to Win 

Please Register 

(Deadline: Wednesday, October 31, 2012)

171 Bridge Street

Town Clerk's Office

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(The Aging Process)

Ithac College 1868, The Cayugan (Yearbook)

Kent State the year after the shootings.

Yale University Divinity School Graduation Day, 1985

Brea Loaf School of English, Middlebury College, 1990-97

* (19 Days till Election) PK Dancing on the Last Day of School with Students, 1999

* (20 Days till Election) The PK UN -Campaign Hat, gift of Mr. Hemmings, two years ago, long before I became a candidate !

* (21 Days till Election) PK's favorite Vermont Sign is across from the P.O. in Bethel (1987)

This is NOT Route 12

* (22 days till Election) PK as Dastardly Dan

* (23 Days till Election) PK as Beneatha in "A Raisin in the Sun"

Beneatha in A Raisin in the Sun, Hartford High School, 2011

* ( 24 Days till Election) Student Cartoons, Jokes, and Notes left on PK's desk over 25 years

PK: The Sentimentalist (?)

I wouldn't trade these cartoons and notes for a million dollars.  
They represent all the good times my students and I shared in class over the last 25 years. 

It took 4 hours to scan these items and put them on this blog. I became so involved in remembering my students and our  shared laughter, that the 4 hours flew by in what seemed like 5 minutes.

 I thank all my 3000 students for these wonderful, personal,  hand-made gifts. 

Press (Ctr. +) to enlarge.

Grant makes Mr. Keane "Pop my cork !"

Street Language Filter

PK standing in classroom door while students wait to exit like charging bulls.

(Lectern incorrectly called "Podium":Mr. Keane's Pet Peeve)
 Keane does "the can can"  to illustrate The Catcher in the Rye, while his "tree" wtaches silently.

The Wonderment of 3rd Block with Mr. Keane click (Ctrl. +) in order to enlarge cartoon text.

Freud Air : Mr. Keane's Crazy Plane (Eric threw this paper airplane at the end of class one day. It turned out to be a witty critique of  the Oedipal Complex, a ROT word for class. )

No missiles! : My cousin has a glass eye !