A Different Kind of Candidate

I’m not here to promise you the world or to slay any dragons. I simply want to be your representative.

I was born 1955 in Astoria, New York City (just like Tony Bennett and Patrick McGoohan!).

I lived in Whitestone, New York from 1956 until 1977, graduated from Flushing High School in 1973, and Queens College in 1977.

I then went to live in a trailer park near the Santa Fe Railroad tracks and Route 66 in Flagstaff, Arizona (1977).

I moved to Cambridge, MA in February 1978 as soon as the roads were cleared after the Blizzard of 1978.

Here are some pictures of me before my arrival in Cambridge - some embarassing, some not:

My friends refer to this as my Opie phase:
Robert 1960s Robert - Cub Scout

I literally grew up under an oak tree. The tree predates the house and it’s still there (and bigger) - over a century later:
underoaktree

Oak Tree 2023

My first foray into candidacy - Flushing High School, 1973 (and I attended my 50th Reunion in 2023)
PFP
I was something of a “hippie” back then.
RW-floor Robert at front door

which I really took to the limit while living briefly in California:
Robert-Fresno