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Tanuki

(14,918 posts)
Wed Feb 22, 2017, 09:36 AM Feb 2017

DUer "Fly by Night" holds alternative Marsha Blackburn Town Hall

Some of you may recall a DU member named Bernie Ellis, who posted here as "Fly by Night," often in regard to protecting the vote and his advocacy for decriminalizing medical marijuana. When Marsha Blackburn waffled on whether she was going to have a Town Hall and limited access to a 100-seat venue, Ellis organized an alternative Town Hall on the lawn outside (which I attended). Audience members were invited to speak any questions they had into a microphone, with the understanding that a tape would be given to Blackburn afterward. Here is a video:
https://m.facebook.com/story.php?story_fbid=10155735490989298&id=42128399297&refsrc=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.google.com%2F&_rdr

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DUer "Fly by Night" holds alternative Marsha Blackburn Town Hall (Original Post) Tanuki Feb 2017 OP
k+r Blue_Tires Feb 2017 #1
Btw, "Jonell", who sings America the Beautiful at the beginning, is Jonell Mosser. Tanuki Feb 2017 #2
fly! shireen Feb 2017 #3
Nice job, Bernie! nt cry baby Feb 2017 #4
That was great. Stellar Feb 2017 #5

Tanuki

(14,918 posts)
2. Btw, "Jonell", who sings America the Beautiful at the beginning, is Jonell Mosser.
Wed Feb 22, 2017, 09:59 AM
Feb 2017

She is an awesome singer and an activist in her own right.
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