My wife Roxy and I were pleased to host a Democratic House Meeting and continental breakfast in our backyard today. The weather couldn't have been better, with sunny skies, and a perfect 70 degrees. Yes, we are indeed fortunate to live in "Beautiful Colorado"!
Our guest of honor, Colorado House Speaker and HD6 Representative Andrew Romanoff, was his always witty self. After charming the crowd, he explained all the virtues of the SAFE (Savings Account For Education) initiative petition drive. SAFE will fix the fiscal mess in Colorado's constitution, dedicate a permanent source of funding to public eduction, and preserve the right of citizens' to vote on taxes. If you haven't already, please sign this petition by July 18 so we can get this important measure on the November ballot!
I spoke about why I am dedicated to the election of Barack Obama as the next President of the United States. I focused on how NO ONE can afford to sit on the sidelines in this election. Four years ago, John Kerry was ahead in the polls, much like Barack Obama is today, and we all know what happened. We can NOT afford to let that happen again. That means we ALL need to make this our "project" for the next 4 months. Some of those other projects on our "to do list" can wait. Our country can NOT wait!
Obama Campaign Representative Noah Glasenkamp told a wonderful story about how he became involved with the Campaign, and then all the other attendees got a chance to say a few words about their own personal story, and what brought them here today. Noah elegantly explained the Campaign's grassroots philosophy, and several attendees immediately signed-up to hold similar Obama House Meetings in their homes. If you haven't hosted one of these meetings yet, please go to www.barackobama.com and set one up. It's a lot of fun, and is a key strategy to winning this critical election!
Lois Court, my personal choice for HD6 State Representative, explained that she is the only primary candidate that is not accepting PAC or special interest money. I have known Lois for many years and I am certain that she is the most qualified candidate to become our next State Representative. She has 25 years of experience in Colorado public policy and Democratic politics. She is a real leader—someone you can look at and say, “Here is someone that knows how to work with others to see our Democratic values come to life!” If you live in HD6, please visit her website at www.loiscourt.com to learn more about her. And don't forget to vote in the Democratic Primary on August 12 for the best candidate to become our next House District 6 State Representative: Lois Court.
Alex Stevens of the "coordinated campaign" or "Forward Colorado" then did an excellent job explaining that campaign's role in helping to elect Barack Obama, Mark Udall, and Diana DeGette. He also explained in detail how to canvass. Several attendees immediately volunteered to canvass our neighborhood after the meeting.
All in all, I think we all learned a lot, are even better prepared to help win this election for all our Democratic candidates, and had a lot of fun!
3 comments:
Thanks to Jeff and Roxy Hart for their wonderful hospitality and generosity; we feel proud of being part of the Obama 08 in any way possible, as this meeting helped us our views of hope for the future of Colorado and the country: it was a great one and we praise Jeff's efforts and hoping to work with him in the future, in our own little ways...
Sincerely,
Richard & Rosie O'Ryan
It was wonderful to meet Jeff and everyone who went to this event. We just began to get involved after our disappointment in 2004. The enthusiasm of everyone who participated was great and that made us want to get involved again. We feel and know that with people like you working in this campaign BARAK will win.
It was a pleasure to meet you and we hope to see you again.
Anthony & Cecilia M. Lebermann
It was a great meeting. I learned a lot and much enjoyed listening to Andrew. Jeff and Roxy's hospitality was wonderful.
David Lipman
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