A Tale of Two Picnics

There were dueling picnics this weekend relating to the domestic partners benefits issue. The supporters of the recall movement, or as I like to call them, Tom Brown's acolytes, held an event at Album Park on Saturday.

Apparently there were almost 20 people in attendance.

By contrast, a crowd several times that figure were present at Memorial Park on Sunday in support of Mayor Cook, and Representatives Byrd and Ortega.

The crowd was entertained by a performance from Radio La Chusma and heard from a few speakers.

The crowd was made up largely of families who came out to support the trio that is the subject of a recall effort. And by families, I mean straight families, gay families, blended families, etc. 

The crowd heard from County Judge Veronica Escobar, Representatives Byrd and Ortega, and former City Rep Beto O'rourke. The Mayor was also in attendance. 

There was also several notables in attendance including members of local unions, members of the art community, religious leaders, and of course politicos. 

A rather encouraging number of high profile Democrats were in attendance including State Senator Jose Rodriguez, State Rep Marisa Marquez, former Senator Eliot Shapleigh, former State Rep Joe Moody, SDEC & Chair of the Black El Paso Democrats, Butch Maya, Judge Bill Moody, Jeanette Walker, Rev. Lisle Davis, Jerome Tighlman, rumored candidate Vincent Perez, Getsamani Yanez, Mike Apodaca and a host of others. 

Oh and my little one, Maya. She's been giving me grief that I take her to political events but she is never in my blog. She doesn't read it, but I think she just wants me to post a picture of her in my blog. She's a future politician...