Both Obama and Hill are coming to Montana on 4/5/08 for a joint appearence at our state party's

[John Q. Citizen]

annual fundraiser.

Mansfield-Metcalf Dinner
Butte Civic Center Butte, MT
Saturday, April 5th, 2008
Event begins: 5:30 p.m.

How cool is that?

[Tom Rinaldo]

1. That is cool. Very cool. Thanks for sharing it. Will you be there? n/t

[John Q. Citizen]

2. I didn't get a ticket, but I might try to go anyway. I might run into some friends who can get me in

And if not, even the over flow is bound to be fun.

Montana has a very laid back kind of populous politics. You can often run into anybody from the governor to a US Senator or folks from the legi at various times and places or events.

I imagine the people outside will get to see the candidates as well.

It will be a major circus/event for Butte and for the Dems. It's neat they are meeting in Butte. It was the richest city in the country for a short time. Copper left behind the largest superfund site in the country in the form of the Berkley Pit, Anaconda Copper's toxic growing lake in one humongously big mining pit.

And Butte has a lot of old brick buildings from the mining boom. Whole areas of town are old brick.

Butte is struggling economically. Since the copper boom ended and with the environmental legacy in the area, people are struggling. Butte is losing population.

Butte is historically a Democratic town. Since the unions helped rescue the state from the Copper and Timber barons, Butte has been a Democratic Town. Lots of Irish miner's descendants.

[Tom Rinaldo]

3. Good luck. Thanks for that snippet of local history also

It's a nice thing about boards like this. There's a lot we can learn from each other about places we've never been.

[JohnnyLib2]

4. Great Irish Festival, too!

Enjoy April 5th. :toast:

[lligrd]

5. LOL Your Post Breaks At Joint

Now, that would be something. (I just came from watching a John Lennon video.) :headbang:

[Hoof Hearted]

6. Fuckin' cool., Hubby and me will be there.. We haven't been back north for 5 years.

We have graves to tend to and old homesteads to visit. It will be a good trip to make.