So even though i had people ask me about it, i always dismissed it. But this was an opportunity through an appointment, not election. So you get appointed, then you do your job, then you can seek election. So in 1969, i ran for the City Council Post that i had by appointment. But on the brochure, i couldnt say reelect norm because i hadnt been elected in the first place, so we used the phrase retain norm on the council. How supportive was the Japanese American Community to your campaign . Very. I had great support from within the community. At that point it was probably maybe 2 of the population, 3 . Very, very small. But i had great support from the Japanese American Community. And so that was also true by 1970, i had become vice mayor, and then in 1971, for the reelection for the mayors post, the mayor decided not to seek reelection. So then that mayor and many people said, hey, youve got to run for mayor. Well, i was trying to split my duties between being on the city council and ru