The Latino campaigns just focused on Latinos. I want to bring everyone together. I told her I had some meetings, and she waited in the State Senate chambers, watching a session. When I was done, she said, 'Honey, a lot of these state senators don't know what they are doing and they don't care about the people in their districts. Colon says he was glad his wife came to that decision on her own.
Good intentions are wonderful.
But it takes a field organization, and money, to run for office. Hardly a bankroll to scare Rieger. Driving past a small mountain of abandoned tires and a burned-out hulk of a sedan along Second Street, Colon says he is not concerned about money at this point. A lot of times you need the proof first of who you are, before you get overwhelming support. Right now I am proving myself, that I am a credible candidate.