DUNEDIN — Mayor Bob Hackworth didn’t seem to be too stressed out about preparing to introduce a presidential nominee. He was in his office that daylight, feet up on his desk, going by the note cards he would use to deliver the introduction. He actually didn’t have to sweat writing the speech, since the Obama campaign pretty much provided the introduction for him to read.

Hackworth, who plus is running for Congress against Republican Bill Young, did add that sentence

to the end: "For my town and my family, that election is all about the future.”

And just to assemble certain he wouldn’t forget anything, Hackworth’s wife, Gwynne, was there to remind him before he left for the stadium to remember his notes, his speech and of course . . . remember to turn off his cell phone before he begins his speech.

–Theresa Blackwell, Times staff writer

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