Updated Road Rally Info

[WolverineDG]

if you want contact info, pm please. :)

Sept. 24: Road Rally kicks off in Laredo, Texas. Press conference at 2, rally from 7-10.

Sept. 25:rally in McALlen at 11:30-2:30, then depart for Harlingen for rally there at 6:45-10:00

Sept. 26:arrive for rally at La Villita (i have an email w/further info I will be posting) at 2:30

Sept. 27:11:00-2:00 rally in Corpus; Houston rally from 6:45-10p

Sept. 28: 7 – 11AM – 1:30 PM – Veterans Rally and Lunch at College Station Venue; Austin--6:45 – 10 PM – Veterans rally and Dinner at selected Venue

Sept. 29: Waco--11 AM – 1:30 PM – Veterans Rally and Lunch at selected Venue; Kileen--6:00 – 10 PM – Veterans Rally and Dinner at selected Venue

Sept. 30: Dallas--11 AM – 2PM – Veterans Rally and lunch at selected Venue; Fort Worth--6:30 – 10 PM – Veterans Rally and Dinner at selected Venue

Oct. 1: Abilene--11: 30 – 2PM– Veterans Rally and Lunch at selected Venue; Midland--6:30 – 10:30 PM – Veterans Rally and Dinner at selected Venue

Oct. 2: 12 Noon (MST) – Arrive in El Paso, Texas Veterans Venue
Noon – 3 PM – Lunch and rally with Senator John Kerry (tentative)
3:30 PM - Bus departs from El Paso, Texas to Las Cruces, New Mexico for veterans continuing the caravan

Sorry, I don't have the schedule for NM, AZ or CA, but the rally is scheduled to conclude in San Diego, CA.

www.texasdemocraticveterans.org has some information about the final rally

dg

[WolverineDG]

1. veteransforamerica.com

new website with information & an email to sign up for the rally!!!

dg

[anarchy1999]

2. Kick up to the top. Went to a Kerry Meet up tonight in Farmers Branch/

Carrollton. Nobody knew about this.

[crispini]

3. Gaaaaaaaaaaa!

Bruce emailed ALL of the Kerry meetup organizers about this today.

Meetup is pissing me off. With the redo of their website they put 700 people in 1 meetup group and 50 in the one I "organize." needless to say, I had NO attendance. Grrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr.

[sonias]

4. Somewhere in there there is an earlier stop in Austin

I don't see the listing but I heard last night that it's Tuesday 9/28 at
3:00 p.m. We are supposed to join a caravan from the Airport Hilton at 3:00 p.m. I see the 6:45 p.m. listing above and wonder if that has changed.

Will anyone who knows the exact details post that here so we can send it to other lists.

thanks

Sonia

[WolverineDG]

5. sonia

i went to our local press conference today to announce the kick off. apparently they are having simultaneous announcements at all the places in texas, so there might be something in the austin media today.

we were told to go check out www.veteransforamerica.com for more information.

wow, the bolanos brothers are FANTASTIC advocates for Kerry/Edwards!!!

whoooo HOOOOO!!!! tonight, we're gonna :party: !!!

dg

[sonias]

6. Thanks dg!

The Bolanos Brothers are great dg! I saw them at the State convention. They made me cry. I had 3 brothers in the service during Vietnam so it hit home. Only one of mine went to Nam and he came home safe.

Have fun and hope to post a report from our rally next Tuesday.

Sonia

[NoPasaran]

7. Here is the Austin information

We are proud to announce
The Texas to California Caravan of Veterans for Kerry is
Coming to Austin, Texas!!

This is a call and an invitation to Veterans, Their Families and Friends,Democrats, Independents, and Swing Voters

Join the Caravan of Veterans for Kerry in Austin
Date: Tuesday, September 28, 2004
Time: 6:30 p.m. to 9:30 p.m.
Location: Scholz Garden
1607 San Jacinto
Austin, TX 78701


Come early to enjoy live music, dinner, and drinks with friends at Austin’s legendary Scholz’s Beer Garden. At 7:30 p.m., Chris Elliott, Travis County Democratic Party Chair, will welcome the following candidates and speakers:

Greg Hamilton for Travis County Sheriff

Rep. Dawnna Dukes for Texas State Representative District 46

Rep. Eddie Rodriguez for Texas State Representative District 51

Mark Strama for Texas State Representative District 50

David Van Os for Texas Supreme Court

Andy Milburn, AFL-CIO, CWA Vice President, Marine veteran

And featuring:

The Bolanos Brothers, recognized and given a citation by President Johnson as the only four brothers serving in Vietnam at the same time, three in combat at the same time.

This will be an evening you won’t want to miss!

Free and open to the public.

[sonias]

8. Thanks NoPasaran!

The caravan does arrive early at 3:00 though, and there is a part where if you want to welcome them to Austin and ride with them downtown, we meet them at the Airport Hilton at 3:00 on Tuesday.

Sonia