Firing up headquarters

I’m not first with the pictures, I’ll simply settle for having the best article with them.

Despite a lack of other press coverage (something about this little rainstorm blowing through) the Wicomico County Republican Party opened its headquarters yesterday. I counted about 80 people crammed into the front lobby of the building at the peak of festivities, so there were about 100 people in attendance insofar as I could tell. And we were all fired up.

Let’s begin with how the place looked when I arrived, just before the rain hit.

The space is quite nice – let me tell you, having worked in the last location we used this will be about a 100% improvement. Hopefully we can find a similar space for 2010.

Undoubtedly, we had a guest of honor – our next Congressman, State Senator Andy Harris. But most of our local Republican elected officials participated in the actual ribbon-cutting ceremony. My camera timed that just right for once, and I was just a smidge left of ideal. I think I got everyone though.

The young lady who served as a master of ceremonies but more importantly spearheaded the effort to secure the space is our county McCain campaign chair, Bonnie Luna.

In turn, each of the state representatives there got to say a few words, with Andy Harris leading off. If you hold your mouse over the photo, the caption will have the notable quote or thought each expressed.

We also heard from Wicomico County Republican Party chair Dr. John Bartkovich, who said this was an “opportunity to show people that Wicomico County is Republican and conservative” by supporting both Harris and McCain.

Our final speaker was Luis Luna, who had a firsthand report of how the GOP convention went. He even dressed the part.

It’s hard to believe that even with the nasty weather, the turnout was this good. This brought together almost every GOP elected official in the county and the gathering was abuzz with talk about the McCain-Palin ticket. Okay, moreso on the Palin side, but either way we soundly beat the alternative when it comes to experience and ideas for real change, not the dimestore phony variety that other side pays lip service to.

I added the last picture just because I liked it.