Yesterday was my first day of class at Politics University. I attended my first Republican legislative district meeting (LD 11) and began my listening tour. I was struck by how old everyone was. There were a few people in their 30's and 40's but the majority of involved people are in their 60's or older. The only diversity was female and male, there may have been a few hispanic attendees,no one African American. I was surprised by the open dissent between the conservative and moderates in the audience. In fact the moderates were referred to as an extreme in the party! I was able to meet and speak with State Senator Barbara Leff, who was thrilled to meet another Republican Jewish woman and State Representative Adam Driggs. I spoke to one of Congressman John Shadegg's representatives too. I was surprised by the easy access, I guess if you know where your elected officials go, you can talk to them. I only see them at AIPAC events and you can't get near anyone because of the number of people and security.
I now have some guidelines on how to proceed to become a precinct committeeman and a timeframe on how that works. It will be an interesting journey and I know I will enjoy my new "classes".
Hi there -
I ran across your blog from a link I found on Kristen Burroughs' website. I'm a PC in LD9 in AZ. Was wondering what you meant by "Political University"? Is this an actual class?
Not sure if you'd be interested in this: http://www.leadershipinstitute.org/Training/School.cfm?SchoolID=15002
Posted by: lisa | 05/25/2009 at 08:19 PM