Florida GLBT Democratic Caucus KEY WEST!

The Florida GLBT Democratic Caucus Summer Convention was held here in Key West July 17 - 19. What a packed weekend and what wonderful people, information and new friends!

Lambda Democrats hosted the group and Henry Woods puts on a great show. It was very evident all the work that went into the coordination of this event and to Henry and Mabry and all the others, my hat is off to you.

The highlight for me at this event was the Lunch session which was to short for my taste but there was only so much time! Food was great however! The luncheon event was "Walk Before You Run" A mini primer on what decisions and considerations should be made before running in a campaign.

Panel guests where Monroe County Commissioner Heather Carruthers and Hillsborough County Commissioner Kevin Beckner.

Passion, Stamina, do you like people, raising money, willing to lose, impact on your partner and commitment of your partner. All are decision making points.

The later, Com. Beckner ran openly gay in a non gay friendly County and unseated the incumbent! He did this by being up front about lifestyle and making it a non issue.

I cannot go on enough about these two people and what was said, absolutely great stuff!

We had State Rep Saunders ALL DAY! Our local politicals just popped in and out with the exception of County Com Carruthers. Election year?

On the phone were US Rep Tammy Baldwin (WI), Florida CFO and gubernatorial candidate Alex Sink; in house were Sate Attorney Dennis Ward, Attorney general candidate Dan Gelber, Florida Ag Commissioner candidate Eric Draper, US Senate candidate Kevin Burns and the list went on and on! Again what a day!

Here is the link to the FLGLBTDEMCAUCUS web site and what happened in detail:
http://www.floridaglbtdemocrats.org/2009/07/reporting-from-florida-glbt-democratic.html

Until next time, see you on the streets!

Political advertising paid for and approved by James Marquardt candidate for Key West City Commission, District 6