I have some interesting items to discuss this week, but they’re not quite ready to go yet. It was an atypical evening in this household, so we had dinner late. Meanwhile, I went through exactly 200 ballots cast in our Wicomico County Republican Party Straw Poll over the last two weekends at both the Good Beer Festival and Autumn Wine Festival. Later this week I’ll tell you who the winners were and some other surprises as well.
During the Autumn Wine Festival I also spoke at some length with Laura Mitchell, who’s trying to do the nearly impossible – at least in recent city history. More on that tomorrow.
Of course there’s a Special Session this week to consider Governor’s latest redistricting map, which, to put it oh-so-bluntly, may be the most gerrymandered piece of shit I’ve ever seen. Just look at the Second and Third Districts, which obviously are connected through bodies of water. And I wouldn’t be surprised to see some other noxious stuff come out of that Special Session.
Unfortunately, one thing I have to miss is the protest in Annapolis on Tuesday, which should be a hoot. So I’ll hope that some of my blogging cohorts will get some coverage both in Lawyers Mall and behind the scenes.
Meanwhile, I have a post to do to wrap up the Autumn Wine Festival as well as a Weekend of local rock post of the same. But I also have a really busy week of work coming up and a little R-and-R this weekend, so there’s a lot of ground to cover in a short time frame. You’ll have to read fast.