Barack Obama will be here in Sarasota on Thursday October 30th 2008, at Ed Smith Stadium.
Gates open at 9am, and event begins at 11am.
My sister is wanting to go and asked me if I'd want to go, if I think I can physically handle the lines, all of the standing etc.
I honestly don't know if my body can handle it, but wow, it would be pretty amazing to go see and hear him speak.
I was involved in politics a little bit when I lived in Maine, to help change and enact some different child support laws, like taking away licenses for hunting, fishing, and driving, jail time for deadbeat parents, and stuff like that.
I had 2 meetings with then governor, Angus King, to talk about those child support laws, and other issues affecting single parents in the state.
Governor King was a very nice man, a good listener, and he asked a lot of questions about how life was for single parents in the state, the child support laws, what we'd like to see happen, and many more questions.
I was chosen to go and meet him to discuss those issues, because the daycare center I had my kids enrolled in was on the chopping block to lose some of their state funding due to statewide budget cuts.
The daycare's administrators asked for a mom willing to travel with them and try to help convince the governor to not slash funding to daycare centers because of how many single parents would be affected, might not be able to afford another center, and eventually lose their jobs because of the trickle down effect of losing child care, and I gladly agreed to go.
I was barely getting any child support back then, finding affordable daycare was very difficult, and if your kid got sick, employers weren't so patient when you needed a few days off because the day cares all said no sick kids could come in.
Things were hard for me and the other 40 some-odd parents who had our kids enrolled there.
Our first meeting with Governor King went so well, he invited us back to a much larger meeting to discuss it again, and other issues too, with some other lawmakers from the state.
I gladly went to both of those meetings, and within a year, child support laws in the state did get changed, and our daycare center did not lose any of it's funding.
I'm quite proud of the fact that I helped change some of those laws in Maine.
Now if only the laws for interstate child support cases could be changed to help speed up the process so parents aren't waiting almost 2 years for a 10 minute telephone hearing.
But anyway, about the campaign rally on Thursday, I've never been to a rally, it would be really exciting and interesting to go and see him, be a part of it.
I'm going to do my best to get plenty of rest and hopefully, sleep, on Wednesday night, so I'll be able to go with my sister.
I may have to bring my cane so I can lean on it when my body starts getting tired, but I really think I can do it, and this would be cool to go and be part of.
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Gates open at 9am, and event begins at 11am.
My sister is wanting to go and asked me if I'd want to go, if I think I can physically handle the lines, all of the standing etc.
I honestly don't know if my body can handle it, but wow, it would be pretty amazing to go see and hear him speak.
I was involved in politics a little bit when I lived in Maine, to help change and enact some different child support laws, like taking away licenses for hunting, fishing, and driving, jail time for deadbeat parents, and stuff like that.
I had 2 meetings with then governor, Angus King, to talk about those child support laws, and other issues affecting single parents in the state.
Governor King was a very nice man, a good listener, and he asked a lot of questions about how life was for single parents in the state, the child support laws, what we'd like to see happen, and many more questions.
I was chosen to go and meet him to discuss those issues, because the daycare center I had my kids enrolled in was on the chopping block to lose some of their state funding due to statewide budget cuts.
The daycare's administrators asked for a mom willing to travel with them and try to help convince the governor to not slash funding to daycare centers because of how many single parents would be affected, might not be able to afford another center, and eventually lose their jobs because of the trickle down effect of losing child care, and I gladly agreed to go.
I was barely getting any child support back then, finding affordable daycare was very difficult, and if your kid got sick, employers weren't so patient when you needed a few days off because the day cares all said no sick kids could come in.
Things were hard for me and the other 40 some-odd parents who had our kids enrolled there.
Our first meeting with Governor King went so well, he invited us back to a much larger meeting to discuss it again, and other issues too, with some other lawmakers from the state.
I gladly went to both of those meetings, and within a year, child support laws in the state did get changed, and our daycare center did not lose any of it's funding.
I'm quite proud of the fact that I helped change some of those laws in Maine.
Now if only the laws for interstate child support cases could be changed to help speed up the process so parents aren't waiting almost 2 years for a 10 minute telephone hearing.
But anyway, about the campaign rally on Thursday, I've never been to a rally, it would be really exciting and interesting to go and see him, be a part of it.
I'm going to do my best to get plenty of rest and hopefully, sleep, on Wednesday night, so I'll be able to go with my sister.
I may have to bring my cane so I can lean on it when my body starts getting tired, but I really think I can do it, and this would be cool to go and be part of.
