Several months ago, I ran into a Democratic candidate for local Fishers office in the upcoming election, when the subject of campaign issues came up.  This Democrat was unsure what issues his party would feature when the campaign began in earnest.  Since that time has past, it is becoming easier to see what those issues might be.

IndyStar reporters John Tuohy and Rachell Fradette teamed up, writing a story that appeared on the newspaper’s Web site late Thursday morning.  They spoke to Democrats, Republicans and some independent observers to take the temperature of the local city council races as the election campaign begins in earnest after Labor Day.

The local school board and library board, and issues related to both, are cited in the IndyStar story.  Democrats feel they have issues that relate to local residents, Republicans say their own record will win the day.

One issue not raised in the IndyStar story is fund raising.  If Democrats want to be competitive in the November Fishers general election, they need to be competitive in raising money.  I know Republicans have been very busy on the raising-cash trail.

You can read the IndyStar story at this link.  (NOTE:  You may have trouble accessing this story if you are not an IndyStar subscriber.  Online subscriptions are very inexpensive.  Let me say this again:  Subscribe to your local media!)