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MCDP to open Election 2008 headquarters

By Christine Anne Piesyk | August 19, 2008 |

Gene Lewis stands outside the MCDP's Madison Street headquarters

Montgomery County Democratic Party members were hard at work Monday moving into their Election 2008 headquarters on 534 Madison Street in downtown Clarksville (corner of University Boulevard and Madison Street). A ribbon-cutting ceremony and a “meet and greet” reception, open to the public, will be held tonight at 5 p.m., and refreshments will be served.

Gene Lewis, chairman of the MCDP, said that although the site is officially open, the “real work” will begin as the Democratic Convention winds down. “Once the convention is over, we hit the ground running,” Lewis said.

The bright and bold democratic banner now hangs over the front door, with a second one hung in the lobby of Dem headquarters. Outside, carpenter Jim Hooten, circular saw in hand, was building a ramp that will make the building handicapped accessible for this year’s election.

Carpenter Jim Hooten begins building a ramp that will make MCDP headquarters handicapped accessible for Election 2008.

This location will also serve as the campaign headquarters for Democratic Party Presidential Nominee Barack Obama as well as all candidates running on the Democratic Party ticket. Local and state leaders will be on hand for the ceremony. Even as the process of “moving in and setting up” was underway, a man came in seeking an “Obama” yard sign. Those haven’t arrived yet, but the MCDP already has a sign-up sheet available for those who want to be first on that list. Lewis said that as soon as the signs come in, his volunteers will start calling people to “come and get them.” Those who have signed up have first options on getting the signs.

Gene (on ladder) and Robert Lewis hang on the party's interior signs as they prepare to open the democrats Election 2008 headquarters.

Clarksville for Obama, which in its organizational phase had been meeting independently of the MCDP, will now be located at and meeting in the new Democratic headquarters.

For additional information or questions please contact: Gene Lewis, MCDP Chairman at (931) 801-6209. As the convention sweeps to an end this weekend, the MCDP headquarters will swing into action. the MCDP headquarters phone number is 931-552-5523. Volunteers as always welcome.

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About Christine Anne Piesyk

With 40 years behind me (Huh? What? How did that happen?) as a journalist, feature writer, investigative reporter, editor, and film/theater/arts critic, I brought my liberal New England activism to Tennessee several years ago. having completed a midlife undergraduate degree in community organizing and women's studies, and an MA in Interdisciplinary Arts. I am currently an MFA student at Goddard College. I served on Future Search Commissions for two colleges and an issue-specific commission for the City of Northampton, MA, and did minor undergraduate work in studies in urban planning and community development. I am a community volunteer and a member of FreeThinkers for Peace and Civil Liberties. I am a certified storm spotter. In my spare time (define spare time please?) I am a voracious reader, obsessive movie buff, classical music junkie; I also and design and make sci-fi/fantasy and renaissance costumes. I have an unquenchable interest in just about everything. I see life as an ongoing opportunity for learning and adventure, with the best things still to come. All posts by Christine Anne Piesyk as presented on Clarksville Online are copyright ©2006, 2007 to the author.




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