53 Days!!!!

August 14th is coming quick.  We have only 53 days left!!
I have enjoyed this part of the campaign, looking forward to moving on to November.  Thank you for your support and help throughout this phase of our campaign.

Now is the time for you to be sure your Voter's Registration is up to date and current with address, party, name changes or signature updates.  Remember you can go online at www.votehighlands.com to download, pre-fill and print a registration form and then mail it to our office, or you can come down and visit us at the office, or if you only need to update your address, you can call me at 402.6655 or my direct extension at 402.7028.

Absentee Ballots can also be requested by visiting the website or calling at the numbers I gave above.

This election is vitally important to the future of  your  Elections Office!  Our votes will need to be counted accurately and the office ran with leadership to continue the legacy that Joe has brought to you over the past 16 years.  I believe that Joe's success comes from working for Mr. Whitehouse for 10 years prior to becoming Supervisor of Elections and now I have 8 years experience, continuing the excellence you have come to know with our office.  Do we believe it is luck or happenstance that Highlands County has experienced trouble free elections???  I can assure you it is not!  The experience has made the difference!  As one of our neighboring County's Supervisor said to me last week, " your experience is vital to this campaign, Penny, what we are facing ahead is enough to unnerve the most seasoned Supervisor"!  Let's not leave it to chance this time either!   Vote for experience!  Vote Penny Ogg on August 14th!

Campaign Meeting

These are some photos from one of the campaign meetings! A big shout out again to Dan and Heather Mahaffey for allowing me to use their facility to have the meetings. Also, a big thank you to the crew, who so a fabulous job taking care of us while we're there!! The cake that we had was sooo yummy and it was beautiful too!!!

 It's been wonderful to have the support of so many that come faithfully each week, or keep in contact with me to see how everything is going! Your support has meant everything to do! I appreciate it so much more than I could ever tell  you!

We will be having these meetings each Monday night from 7-9 p.m. I would love to see all of you there! If you want to, also, invite a friend!!!

 Thank You again for you interest and support! Have a great weekend my friends!

Thank you Barry Foster & WWTK

Yesterday I had the wonderful privilege of speaking on the Barry Foster Show, WWTK, 730 AM.  I appreciated so much the invitation and the kindness of the host.  4 people also called in to the show and it was an honor to speak with them.  I cannot explain how humbled I am to have your support!
As I spoke I tried to explain again how important the experience that I have is in making the decision on who to vote for in this election.  Experience makes all the difference!
As another Candidate, for another office, said this week, when I got appointed to my current office, I had to no idea how big the learning curve would be, I whole heartedly agree, however the difference is that Candidate had 4 experienced people sitting on that board to help in that learning curve and immediately correct any errors. As the Supervisor of Elections, especially on Election Day, you have to make decisions that are affecting our vote and you will not have that panel for support.  Now, I know some of the Candidates are saying that the staff would be able to be that panel, I disagree in 3 areas.
                   1. Anyone knows that someone has to lead an office, if this were not true than other
                       businesses would simply train their workers and never have to pay a manager.   It
                       would be much more cost efficient.  For that matter why would we have a
                       Supervisor of Elections position?
                   2. You have to figure that maybe the staff will not stay, or for some unforseen reason
                        will be forced to leave, as we all know life is uncertain at best. 
                  3. If you have ever been around the Elections Office on Election day, you will know that
                      it is a seriously busy place...the staff has their own work to do, we cannot be doing
                      the Supervisor's job too. 
Our votes are so important, please consider carefully who you vote for this Election!  Vote for experience, Vote for Penny Ogg.   I humbly ask for your vote and support!
Thank you again, Mr. Foster for your time and for having me on your show!