Politics "Unusual"

Twitter has brought me so many fantastic things in life and business.  Smart wonderful friends and lots of customers who fast become friends.  Erika called me a few weeks ago and told me she was running for office and wanted to do a promotional soap.  I said how did you hear about me?  I have been following you on Twitter for a year.  Little did she know that at the very moment on the phone sitting in the parking lot of my dentist office, my head exploded with excitement.  I said Oh My God I have been trying to get a politician to do this very thing.  I said I even have a slogan for you "No more dirty politics".  <<<<>>> brains all over my dash board. It was born, a political campaign "Keep Politics Clean!"  Aren't we all sick of boring politics with their boring rants and false hopes of lower taxes?  There is hope on the horizon, Erika is thinking outside of the soapbox.  (Do you hear the angels singing ?) clouds parting sunbeam shooting to the earth.

Ladies and gentlemen a politician who belongs on a SOAPBOX!

Bill Baumbach Hopewell Borough


Kotite: 'A campaign with integrity'

(Ellen Cagnassola on left, Erika Kotite on Right)

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With a commitment to "keeping politics clean," candidate Erika Kotite, Democrat, reports that she appeared at the Harvest Fair Saturday with boxes of handmade soaps to give away to passersby. She got the idea after viewing soap maker Ellen Cagnassola's website, someone she's been following on Twitter for the past year. Ms. Kotite asked her to make some special soaps to give out during her campaign.



Ms. Kotite is running on a platform of Lowering Taxes, Cutting Excessive Spending, Preserving Hopewell's Community and History, and Promoting Local Agriculture and Business. She has pledged to keep her campaign respectful, and challenges her opponents to do the same.



The bars have the slogan "Keep Politics Clean! Vote Erika Kotite Hopewell Township Committee" embedded in them. Ms. Kotite passed them out at the Harvest Fair and plans to give more away in various neighborhoods during the campaign.



Ms. Kotite is a candidate for Hopewell Township Committee. She serves on the Historic Preservation Commission and Harbourton Traffic Calming Task Force. She is an independent business owner as well as founder and editor of Toque Magazine. She and her husband have three children. They live in the old Harbourton General Store, one of the township's most treasured historic landmarks. To learn more about Ms. Kotite, visit www.erikakotite.com, Facebook (Elect Erika Kotite for Hopewell Township Committee) or follow her on Twitter (@etkotite).

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