Reagan Day Dinner
Thursday, June 22 saw the Lincoln County Republican Party hosting its second Reagan Day Dinner and Silent Auction at the Lincoln County Museum in Fayetteville. Around 50 attended the event – not the largest gathering by any means, but not bad for a small county, that was competing with a gubernatorial campaign kickoff on the same night.The evening started off with a buffet meal provided by Angie’s Catering, as the Silent Auction was conducted during the first hour. Once again, several local businesses and individuals made quality donations that provided a little extra revenue for the LCRP as the evening went on.
The Republican candidates in attendance to get a little face time in with area Republicans, even
as they too availed themselves of the good food that was served. Those candidates who were able to attend – and who spoke later in the evening – included: Gwen Shelton (Candidate for Mayor of Fayetteville), Sarah Black (Candidate for State Republican Executive Committee), Ray Burns (Candidate for Tennessee House of Representatives – 39th District), Alan Pedigo (Candidate for U.S. House of Representatives – Tennessee’s 4th District), Senator Bill Ketron (Candidate for re-election in Tennessee’s 13th Senatorial District), Mark Albertini (Candidate for Governor), Ed Bryant (Candidate for U.S. Senate), and Van Hilleary (Candidate for U.S. Senate). Paul Fassbender was also in attendance on behalf of U.S. Senate Candidate Bob Corker.At 8:00 P.M., the Silent Auction concluded, and, following a prayer on behalf of the troops currently serving in the War on Terror, introduction of the various speakers began. With the majority of the remainder of the evening reserved for the U.S. Senate candidates, each of the other candidates was given a couple of minutes to introduce themselves and make the case for the voters in attendance to support them.
As the evening neared its conclusion, Mr. Fassbender was given the opportunity to speak on behalf of Bob Corker, while Ed Bryant and Van Hilleary each made personal pleas for the attendees to support their primary campaign, while noting the major issues that they hope to be able to deal with in the next Congress.Much like the previous year’s version, the Reagan Day Dinner was the source of great stress to the organizers beforehand, and a source of great satisfaction afterwards. Many thanks go out to Farris Beasley for arranging for the nice facility, Laura Mayer for her work in collecting donations of items for the Silent Auction, Duane and Sarah Black for their work in preparing the facility, and Tanya Harwell for her leadership in arranging and decorating the venue.
posted by JeffreyH | 1:39 PM
3 Comments:
I'm not normally one to respond to comments made about my posts, but I would love to know what such an experienced and sophisticated politico like thomas believes WOULD constitute a successful event for a largely rural county, so hayseeds like myself can know for the future. Oh, and so I can pass such information along to the college classes that I teach.
Yes, I've run into nasty responses before. Goes with the territory, I suppose, but it doesn't mean I can't respond.
Your logic would be valid if the goal was to raise as much money as the local party in Nashville. But the goal was to raise a good amount for a county our size. I'm not going to share actual dollar amounts with you, but all who actually know more about the event than what they read on a blog while looking for something to criticize are quite satisfied.
Why don't you tell me about some event you have hosted or attended - that I did not - and let me tell you how you should feel about it?
You actually don't understand my "low expectations" - because you don't actually know what my, and the other organizers', expectations were.
I was one of the organizers. I know what we set out to do. We did it. That's success.
You presumed to comment on something you had no part in organizing and did not attend, and stated that it shouldn't be considered successful - your very first post. Reminded me very much of Sanballat and Tobiah.
Looks very much like your intent was merely to try to assault the morale of people who were actually doing something that they believed would help the nation in the long run. A person doesn't have to agree with someone's political views to afford them a little respect for getting involved and trying to be an influence for good.
Your final comment regarding hard core conservatives supporting what you call a "treasonous imbecile" suggests that you are trying to lower the level of discourse on this particular post to mere name-calling. Granted, it's not a far drop, considering that this line of posts started with you wanting to criticize something you know so little about. Rather than let the level of discourse drop to the level you need for it to, I'll no longer respond to you on this particular subject.
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