2006-04-30p01`Cobb Democratic J.J. Dinner Report'BB

Last night, April 29, 2006, 
was the Cobb Democratic Party's 
Jefferson Jackson Dinner, a 
fund raiser event for the party.

Some notes are:

1) Roy Barnes -- When I was walking into the 
hotel where the dinner was 
being held, I joined in parallel walk 
Roy Barnes and Marie. 
I was keeping my head respectively 
low, but Roy came over and shook my hand. 
I immediately said apologetically 
that I was trying to shake the 
tree, referring to my running for 
governor. He said it needed shaking. 
Note, it was not meant to be an endorsement.

2) Mark Taylor -- was at the VIP reception 
for which I came afterwards. 
I heard him in the crowd for a while, 
then he left. 

3) Michael Thurmond -- was the guest speaker, 
who is the current labor commissioner and 
who is running for re-election. He is 
black and in his speech he pointed 
out an interest thought: 
The Republicans were trying to make the Democratic 
Party the black party. He asked the blacks 
in the hall to stand and please take respect 
for the remaining whites because they, 
the blacks, need the white vote. 

4) Herb Butler --, one of the long 
time union supporters at the party, 
was there, but his cancer was flaring up 
again. Hope all goes well. 

Bill