In the beginning…

As the third generation of leaders for OTMDems gets a solid start out of the gate, we would do well to revisit briefly our original purpose and design. In the immediate aftermath of the 2004 election it seemed that our party had fairly well reached its nadir in these parts. Party-switching raged, spirits were abysmal, and most everyone of our stripe was feeling thoroughly discouraged, isolated and powerless. As W, Dick, and Donald gloated, those were dark days indeed. However, there existed here any number of generally ordinary and anonymous folk who believed they might go stark-raving mad if they didn’t do something more than continue to argue with their televisions and lecture their kids at the supper table. We were pediatricians and teachers, realtors and retailers, accountants and lawyers, bankers and business people, from every walk of life. More importantly, we were little league coaches and scout leaders, PTA committee chairs and deacons, too. What we shared was that we were Democrats, and we felt a call to action.

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Faith and Politics Roundtable Lunch

Faith and Politics Roundtable Lunch. Tuesday, February 23, 2010 11:30 AM @ Formosa Chinese Restaurant, Lorna Road, Hoover. Eat some great Chinese food and talk faith and its workings within the political world (yeah, we talk about that in between barbs about Alabama vs. Auburn football).

A Lottery?

A few years back we had a gubernatorial candidate who ran on a platform of “Lottery, Lottery, Lottery!”.  He won.  But when it came time to get the lottery going he got turned down.  Well, even though we did not want the lottery, this guy was still a better choice for governor than the alternative.  (Who was that alternative, anyway?)

Well, it has come to my attention that there is another gubernatorial candidate running on a lottery platform.  Why do we think that the people are now more ready for a lottery than they were all those years ago.  Apparently they have come to realize the facts:

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Questions

Some questions about our organization.

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What are we going to do

so, then we need to consider what to do for next year.

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