Saturday, April 29, 2006
In Osceola For the Fifth District Convention
After driving through car-wash heavy downpours yesterday afternoon, I arrived in Osceola for the 5th District Democratic convention. After going to the convention location to help with setup, I proceeded to the Osceola Country Club for the welcome reception. Nice crowd, and a few candidates: Denise O'Brien, Joyce Schulte, and Bob Chambers worked the crowd.
Everyone put their names in a hat for drawings of some nice Dem swag, and (how strange!) the convention hosts and the local Dem county supervisors seemed to win most of the drawnings! Laughs and polite demurals after each local "won" a prize. My highlight was getting Clarke County chair Rick Conn to buy me the drink he promised me.
Today should be wet and wet and wet outside -- but hopefully it will be a great organizaztional meeting inside the convention hall.
Everyone put their names in a hat for drawings of some nice Dem swag, and (how strange!) the convention hosts and the local Dem county supervisors seemed to win most of the drawnings! Laughs and polite demurals after each local "won" a prize. My highlight was getting Clarke County chair Rick Conn to buy me the drink he promised me.
Today should be wet and wet and wet outside -- but hopefully it will be a great organizaztional meeting inside the convention hall.
