DRTEDTAKESAPOST-ELECTIONCHILLANDTHANKSAFEWSTELLARPEOPLE

It’stimeformyusualpost-electionchill. IneedthisperiodofchillsothatIdon’tbecometoomuchofapill tomywifeandfriends.WhenIcomebackintwoorthreeweeks,IwillnotbecomeaDemocraticshill. 

BeforeIgo,ImustthankthefollowingpeopleformakingTheBridgepossible:

StephanieHorn,whokeepstellingmethatpeopledocareaboutwhatIhavetosay.

StephenHornerforbeingmypoliticalsoundingboard.

MaryMossGreenbaumforkeepingme(andtheDemocraticParty)true.

FrankC.Leidermannforhispoliticaltipsandadvice.

OliviaAnneFuchsforkeepingmebelievingthatpositivechangeispossibleinthepoliticalandjudicialsystems.

MarkRiddle,JimArnett,DrewJenkins,WillCarleandtherestofJackConwaypoliticalteamforbeingstand-up(andsmart)politicaldudes.

CarolAndrews, JenniferBrislin, AdamBozziandRobertKellar—presssecretariesfordifferentcampaigns—forkeepingmeupdatedontheircandidates’activities

StuartPerelmuter(CongressmanYarmuth’spresssecretary)forbeingthehardestworkingandbestcongressionalpresssecretaryinmymemory. CongressmanJohnpleasegiveStuartapayraisebecausehedeserves(it)andD.C.isaveryexpensiveplacetodwell.

ShamekaParrishoftheKentuckyAllianceagainstRacismandPoliticalRepressionforsendingmeinformationonprogressiveactivitiesthroughtheyearandkeepingtheproverbialtorchofsocialjusticelightedinthiscommunityafterthedeathsandretirementsofAnneBradenandothercivilrightlegends

JamesMcMillinforkeepingmeabreastofthefightagainsttheIraqWarandbeingasuperpeaceactivistandorganizer.

RaeShepherd-Shlechter(mywife)forproofreadingeveryinchofeveryissuesinceIbeganTheBridge,whichseemslikeacenturyago.