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Charlie Kirk was killed the day of our Democratic Candidate Town Hall. The Democratic Party office in an adjoining county had a visit from an angry man who threatened the volunteer in the office. I got a call around 3 PM from the RCDP Chair asking if I thought we should cancel our Town Hall.Continue reading “All of the effort was worth it!!”

What does it take to get the Democrats in Robertson County TN to poke their heads out and engage? I am not sure, but I am willing to try about anything. I think I make a pretty good Donkey. This may go up on the RCDP FB page if those in charge (not me) thinkContinue reading “Loud and Proud”

At the Workers over Billionaires protest yesterday we saw the 3 women who cared for Craig at the John Lewis parade just over a month ago when Craig suffered from heat exhaustion. Mandy and Julie, left and center are partners. Andrea, on the right was the ER nurse that recognized how compromised Craig was. TheyContinue reading “Craig’s Angels”

My involvement in politics has been limited aside from financial support. I did do some phone banking in 2016 and lots of postcards in 2024. While I had heard from others that canvassing was fun and rewarding, I was not convinced that would be the case for me. The Robertson County Democratic Party Treasurer, Donna,Continue reading “Desperate Times take one out of comfort zone – Canvassing”

The Robertson County Democratic Party (RCDP) Outreach and Engagement Committee, which I chair, decided it wanted to do a podcast to be a helpful voice in Robertson County to promote the Special Election and hopefully turn our District 7 seat blue. Beyond that we want provide helpful information as the full effect of the recentlyContinue reading “A Podcast is Born – RCDP Neighbors Helping Neighbors”

The biggest challenge in my move to Tennessee has been the lack of safe cycling. In DC, I could ride 20-30 miles from the door of my condo, mostly on bike paths. There are some greenways in Nashville but they are a 20 minute drive. There is the Natchez Trace, but that is a 45Continue reading “Meet Lucy”

We had lots of help getting our tent set up. There were so many of us that people were out working the crowd – getting people to come over and do the Bean Poll and signing up on our email list. We had 26 people sign up. 8 was the biggest number to date. ThereContinue reading “Democrats were out in force in Robertson County”

Since the middle of June, I/we have been working hard on behalf of the Robertson County Democratic Party which has grown pretty inactive over the past 2 decades. Everyone has said that the Springfield (county seat) First Friday event is the most important event to be at. Tonight is our first, First Friday. We hadContinue reading “A Pause to Reflect”

It has been brutal weather here as in many places around the US. We have curtailed outdoor activities. There were 3 opportunities to protest this week in this area – Good Trouble protests in honor of John Lewis. There was 1 on Thursday, 11 AM-1PM or 5PM-7PM and the Annual John Lewis March in NashvilleContinue reading “Extreme Heat and Activism”

We left Nashville about 930 AM with plans to meet a friend from Pfizer days in Lexington KY for lunch at 1230 completely forgetting about the one hour time difference. Fortunately Daniela was able to move a meeting around so that she could do lunch at 130 instead. Then we drove to the wrong locationContinue reading “A wonderful 2 year anniversary celebration”