[…]Judy Wixted, Field Director for the local Democratic Party, followed by declaring, “We can win. We must assume what Representative Raskin calls ‘that highest office of a democracy, that of citizen.’ We the people must be engaged because the power of citizens can beat the paranoia and lies that are a direct threat to our democracy.” […]

Talbot County Council Vice President and current candidate Pete Lesher was introduced, as were fellow council candidates Michele Dappert, Phil Jackson, and Scott Kane. […]

Michele Dappert, candidate for Talbot County Council, first became involved in community affairs as a student at Easton High School. Funding had been cut for the 1:1 Laptop Initiative, a program providing students with laptops, and she was asked by Vice Principal Thomas Callahan to become a student representative to help save the program.

The laptops were saved. “My desire to run for office was born there,” she recalls. “That’s when I learned people working together effectively communicating from every sector, business, government, and private citizens, can bring positive change.”