Pledge For Arizona Event

[Ayatollahgondola]

Wow! Long day in the sun or me. Dawes also stayed most of the day. He's bailed me out an many of these events that way over the years.
We erected the flagpole around 8, and raised the flags around 9. The legislature is out of seession, but the capitol still generated a lot of people throughout the day. You'll see a picture of leading senator Daryl Steinberg above. I spoke at him, and he acknowledged me, but kept their distance from us while reviewing the display.
Several people came from long distances (bay area) to see the event. I remember a couple of them from prior events throughout the year.
Many people signed our pledge, and we got a lot of support from those willing to take the heat for doing so. Gotta remember that this is the capitol, and may people that work there are wearing the golden handcuffs. I'd say there again is a lot of silent support.
Not too many detractors either. One latino guy said I chood get a real chob, man. No fingers, but a noticable amount of thumbs up. I only saw 2 thumbs down the whole day.
One guy we spoke with is running against John Garamendi for congress. He used to be a state worker in the Folsom prison, and dealt with releasing the inmates, illegal's included. We learned a little about that.
The flagpole performed flawlessly, although we had some twisting of the halyard at first.

The bad news though is that I got a parking tickee for staying 2 hours in a 1 hour zone, event though I paid the meter. Parking in the lot was 18.00 for 6 hours. I also got a fairly decent sunburn going, and I broke my front bridge. That last one is going to be financially painful, as well as affect the beauty index for a while.

I got some video too, but I'm on lack of sleep and sore muscles, so I'll post them tomorrow.
The accomplishment was that we took our flag and planted it in enemy territory all day long. The first trick is to let 'em know we're back, and next we'll start tellin 'em to move over and make room for our input

[Twoller]

I imagined there would be more people. But I've been there many times where there were huge crowds of people.

Thanks to all who showed up.

[Rim05]

Gee, it really is difficult to get people out for anything any more.
I thank both of you from the bottom of my heart for your days work.
THE FLAGS LOOKED SO BEAUTIFUL. GREAT JOB.

[Dawes]

Thanks! AG for putting on this event. It was worth it just yelling at Steinberg (weasel).

Yes, it was very hot. Actually the crowd in Sacramento, altogether, was the lightest I have seen.

I think hitting a high traffic area, with some shade, and free parking, would be of interest to many supporters from way out of town. Also, A lot of families are out of town on vacation.

We did have people that came from Missouri, that supported the AZ law, sign our petition.

Strange......No goons, present. I guess the socialists are on vacation too.

[Jeanfromfillmore]

Originally Posted by Rim05

Gee, it really is difficult to get people out for anything any more.
I thank both of you from the bottom of my heart for your days work.
THE FLAGS LOOKED SO BEAUTIFUL. GREAT JOB.

Yes Rimo to both statements you made. Sometimes you wonder why they've dropped the ball, but then again, maybe if it were a baseball they'd be a bit more interested.

Thanks to AG and Dawes for continuing to do the jobs so many aren't doing.

[Ayatollahgondola]

I've been defamed! Well, either I have or Dan Amato (DiggersRealm) has,

During our event at the State Capitol, one Lilly Fuentes interviewed us and snapped a pic. I ran a search for it using my usual robotics, but nothing turned up, so I just chalked it up to the usual liberal media not wanting to give any press to immigration law enforcement proponents. But as it were, the robot failed because I searched for my name, Troy's name, and SOS. We were in the paper though, but under Digger's name, Dan Amato.

Couldn't tell you why; His name never came up in conversation, nor was it on any of our printed media. Musta bin sum stoopid airor or intentional diversion.

In any case, One or both of us will have to live with the shame of being identified as the other. Click on the pic for caption:

http://www.capitolweekly.net/photos/...z1gsn79uehn58n

[Rim05]

That is so funny, reporters must all have been educated in LA.