Political doings

Went to the 9th ward Democratic oganization's beer & pretzel fundraiser last Tuesday (08/08/06) in the St. Frances Cabrini school hall/gym (which is near St. Wenceslaus church). Lots of local politicans there and it was, as always, an interesting slice of south city politics. Jeff Smith visited for quite a while.

Went to the Greg Daly/Mike McMillan victory party the Tuesday prior to that (08/01/06 - election day). It was at the Steinberg Rink in Forest Park. I had never been there before, so it was nice to learn where it's at. The neat thing is they turn the rink into sand volleyball lots during the summer, which I didn't know about, either.

Both parties had a visit from Mayor Slay.