Mayor Anderson at Drinking Liberally

[John Lee is D4U's liaison with Drinking Liberally. –Carrie]

Mayor Anderson spoke at Drinking Liberally last Friday. His talk? A downer. He tried to be entertaining, and I always enjoy hearing him speak, but... our media, which "conventional wisdom" tells us leans to the left, fails to inform the public well enough for the public to make informed decisions. Stepping into this void is moneyed interests whose goal is shift public opinion for it's own benefit. We have a big hurdle to overcome. Our fourth estate is not doing its job. Oy.

After his talk, a table mate of ours called Rocky over to share a pitcher of beer. You could tell that the talk he gave wore on him as well. We started talking about what we can do. In his talk he spoke about the letters to the editor, and how we need more articulate voices for progressive causes, and in the back of my mind my D4U assignment that I have not yet been able to assemble. But shifting the discussion to what we can do broke the spell. We know that the cards are stacked. We want to make our communities better, and just can't help trying to make right.