01At events.
A note was left on the private gate of a fundraiser host the morning of the event, and the host and her guest speaker were targeted with emails. My event sign outside a nonprofit was cut to pieces.
02At home.
A photo of my car outside my home was posted online and stayed up for months. A license plate at my residence was photographed. I checked the parking lot every time I came home.
03In the chamber.
Staring, noise-making and pointing during public comment, then following people outside the chamber. Residents who spoke up for me were followed outside the chamber and found their faces turned into altered images the next day.
04What it changed.
I stopped attending many of the ribbon cuttings, grand openings and lunches I loved. I stopped hosting most community events. Fewer officials in the room means fewer voices in the decision.