Hello, ma'am.

My name is Kip Maehl.

I am running for North Allegheny school board director, and I appreciate your vote coming down.

Right.

All right, all right.

Okay.

Thank you very much.

We did a couple exercises here last week in which we became aware, in some ways or others, how we ourselves.

I think I have an idea of what's going on in the school districts.

I think I have something to, give to the school district and the people around here.

You're social science majors, How many of you are going to have a test in sociology?

I was a student council president for North Allegheny, so I got to meet people, get to know the ropes, the administration, and the different little tricks that the administration pulls on it.

The message she's trying to give me isn't really coming through.

Now, what can we do?

You know, is there any way... - Kim is more down to earth then a lot of my friends.

That's why people wonder when you say about him running for office, because he's so relaxed and takes things very cool.

The message you're giving me is that you really haven't been able to follow the message that the teacher's been trying to give you all the way through, and now you got... - You have to enter the adult world sooner or later.

And the situation, well, you know, 18, you're considered an adult by law.

So, if I got anything to contribute to society and I will contribute whatever I have.

They got some.

I mean, this guy goes to the bar with this thought.

Okay, now... - Maybe my interests are, you know, in a field that most people haven't delved into before, but I have a feeling that, people will get involved and that this will be a common thing.

You know, younger people will be getting involved in politics.

- The partnership, all that.

And, you know, I think he can relate to the younger people a lot better than the older ones can.

Oh, so that's good.

I don't try to get into any heavy discussions about why are you doing this.

Some guys like to work on cars and, I take them for what it is.

So why can't they take me for.

I mean, I thought.. The teacher decided that he thought it would be nice for them to all take and write a letter to some dignitary, ninth grade.

So he decided upon Mr.

Heinz at that time, who was running for the, Congress.

In the letter, he had told Mr.

Heinz that he was very much interested in politics and that someday he was, in fact, in 1992, he wanted to run for president.

So Mr.

Heinz sent a letter back that if he would help him out in the his political campaign, then in 1992, he would vote for him.

I think I could really educate myself, and I have already educated myself by reading books and doing things.

But you need like the certain commercials say you need that sheepskin.

To me, cutting wood is, relaxing.

Getting out in the fresh air and being able to do a little bit of physical work and, at the same time raise a little bit of money.

Being compared to Abe Lincoln, just because I cut wood and is in politics.

Well, that's, I get a chuckle out of it, because it is kind of funny, but, I'm no way should be compared to Abe Lincoln.

He's just a great man.

I ask this question.

Do we have a real diversified school board today?

In some ways, I think we do.

But of course, as you can tell, I'm here tonight.

I think that it lacks youth.

You know, my goal is not one of a radical.

When I look at all the candidates as a whole, of course they all look older than me, and, well, I have dated one of the candidates daughter.

It's interesting because, here I am dating somebody daughter, and here they are running against me in a public office.

Ones a businessman, ones, a wife, another man, the surance teacher.

Whatever.

Everybody has different characteristics.

And, I have, I have mine.

- Other problems.

Are you, okay, No problem there.

Right.

Okay.

I appreciate you talk it up for me there.

Okay.

Thanks a lot.

What runs behind me in my mind when I, go door to door is, that, constant fear that it's always a dog behind that next door or dog out there.

It's going to bite your leg off.

My name is Kim Nagel.

I'm candidate for the North Allegheny school board director, and I'm just going door to door so you can see my face and see what I'm for.

Oh, I just put this right here, right?

Right.

Okay.

Thank you very much.

Hello.

My name is Kim Nagel.

And you pick up a paper and you see some public official being, indicted, tried and convicted.

And you just wonder where are all the honest people in the world?

You have to get involved if you ever want to change anything.

Hello, gentlemen.

My name is Kim Nagel, running for North Allegheny school board director.

Let's giving you my card here.

All right?

I recognize your face used to get in.

Yeah.

That's crazy.

That's right.

Yeah.

What's.

Okay?

What's the last name?

Magna.

Magna?

Yeah.

He's the of round, rocketing.

Yeah.

Still hang out with them there.

Yeah.

Hows he doing?

He is okay with his dad.

Is he?

Yeah, I always been.

That's great that that really is where you registered everything.

Yeah.

All right.

Great.

You remember me.

Door to door.

Just campaigns.

Oh.

See my face and.

Okay.

All right.

Okay, okay.

Thank you very much.

Hello.

My name is Kim Nagel, and I'm a candidate for North Allegheny school board director.

You never have a steady job.

You always have to work for the people or you'll be out.

It's not a dirty business.

It's a hard business.

Potter.

Democratic 149.

Republican 228.

Next, Memorial park, I don't know, but, right now he is there.

Is he?

Oh, yeah.

Our elementary middle school.

That's where you come down.

Yeah.

What we got now is?

I'm looking up at it right now.

Part of it, we got, five or she's almost got 6000 votes, right?

It looks like I'm going to miss the slate by by 500 votes.

Okay.

The other school.

Okay.

Well, I just want to thank everybody who helped out, and I'm.

I'm sad.

I'm really.

You know, it's hard to believe that I lost, but I really feel good.

And, just in that everybody's behind me.

Maybe, just maybe some other time, we could try something else, and, we'll see what happens.

I don't think I'm dead in politics yet.

I still got some ideas.