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Voting rights activists and members of the D.C. delegation to the Democratic National Convention held a small rally in front of the U.S. Mint in Denver this morning, but the Mint's location on the edge of downtown made for a not particularly visible event among the throng of other convention-related activities going on here.
Rather few pedestrians passed by to receive the wooden nickels that voting rights advocacy group DC Vote had planned to give out. Toward the end of the rally, which lasted about one hour, a few attendees holding signs in the median of the street managed to get a handful of passing cars to honk in solidarity. Aside from a handful of reporters who were there, the event didn't capture much other attention.
Among those who took the microphone to address the gathered crowd, which looked to be about 150 people, were D.C. Del. Eleanor Holmes Norton, Ward 2 Council member Jack Evans, D.C. Council Chair Vincent Gray, DC Vote Outreach Director Eugene Kinlow, Ward 4 Council member Muriel Bowser, all three members of the city's shadow delegation, and D.C. Mayor Adrian Fenty.
Fenty finally showed his face to the city's delegation for the first time at the rally. He arrived back in Denver Tuesday afternoon after staying in the District for the first day of school, but did not join the delegation at the Pepsi Center last night, nor did he attend the daily breakfast meeting at the Crowne Plaza. The mayor, who somewhat controversially chose to stay at a different hotel than the rest of the delegation, said he plans to attend tonight's major speeches with the delegation.
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People in Denver don't give a crap about DC.
Put the word COORS on the banner and they might take notice.
Boohoo! Fenty is staying at a different hotel. Let's continue to ignore the fact that he's trying to, you know, operate and lead our city.
Kudos to him for being on hand for the first day of school. If he used his own money to fly himself back to Denver afterwards, then additional kudos. If he used city money, then..we can get into a discussion about how his presence wasn't exactly mandatory in Denver when Ballou was on lockdown, there's a rapist in Rock Creek park, muggings off Thomas Circle, et al.
Most people in this country don't care if DC has a vote or not. Most people probably don't even understand what the banner says and have no desire find out what it means. I applaud them for trying to make people aware. Maybe if they had a give the pandas a right to vote, then maybe they would take interest because pandas are fun to watch.
If you hold a rally and no one cared, did you really rally?
No sign of Phil "Dingleberry" Mendelson?
I told him not to eat that chili-cheese dog.
districtdon19: that rape was in maryland, not in the district. not that it wasn't important (it is) but please, let's keep the district's share of problems to the bare minimum necessary.
KrazyKat, I'd argue that most people don't know, but they might care if they did. Doesn't hurt to try.
Upcoming dates on the Taxation Without Representation US Mint Tour:
9/5: San Francisco
9/27: Philadelphia
10/7: West Point
10/23: New Orleans (Old School Night)
11/14: Manila (Second Stage: US Colonialism Fest)
Is it just me, or is Muriel Bowser giving a constipated Nazi salute?