Just Vote Tour Part III- Flagstaff to Albuquerque
Wednesday, August 18, (Aboard the Votemobile on I-40, Flagstaff to Albequerque)-
Last night in Flagstaff was the unofficial official start of the Just Vote Tour. After the tranquility and beauty of Arcosanti and Sedona the Votemobile rolled into Flagstaff and set up shop at heritage Square, where we pumped vegetable oil donated from the Mogollon Brewery while members of the Flagstaff Democracy Network registered voters on the sidewalk. After a drop-in at the local Republican headquarters we headed to the Brewery and set up shop, where we learned that Paul Babbitt, democratic candidate for congress from Arizona's second district, would be stopping by the show to address the crowd. Babbitt cancelled at the last minute because he had to go open another sporting goods store. Or something. Still, we had Chris Bower, the 21-year old field director of the Babbitt campaign, address the crowd, as did Gretchen Adelson, the local director of the John Kerry campaign, and John Echols, the Flagstaff field director for the Arizona Republican Party, who earned huge points for taking us up on our invitiation to speak even though for a Republican the heavily Democratic crowd at the Mogollon probably made a hornets nest seem tame by comparison (not to mention endearing himself to Aphrodesia by showing up with a gallon of veggie oil!). After that, it was Aphro Beat blastoff time, with a surprisingly big crowd that danced their ass off until the club called last call. Now we're cruising east in the Votemobile, which has been running on straight vegetable oil (we filled up at a Flagstaff Thai restaurant before leaving town) since getting on I-40. Which means about 1300 miles travelled on vegetable oil so far, or San Francisco to Albequerque on 40 bucks of diesel, if you're keeping score. Which we are.
Last night in Flagstaff was the unofficial official start of the Just Vote Tour. After the tranquility and beauty of Arcosanti and Sedona the Votemobile rolled into Flagstaff and set up shop at heritage Square, where we pumped vegetable oil donated from the Mogollon Brewery while members of the Flagstaff Democracy Network registered voters on the sidewalk. After a drop-in at the local Republican headquarters we headed to the Brewery and set up shop, where we learned that Paul Babbitt, democratic candidate for congress from Arizona's second district, would be stopping by the show to address the crowd. Babbitt cancelled at the last minute because he had to go open another sporting goods store. Or something. Still, we had Chris Bower, the 21-year old field director of the Babbitt campaign, address the crowd, as did Gretchen Adelson, the local director of the John Kerry campaign, and John Echols, the Flagstaff field director for the Arizona Republican Party, who earned huge points for taking us up on our invitiation to speak even though for a Republican the heavily Democratic crowd at the Mogollon probably made a hornets nest seem tame by comparison (not to mention endearing himself to Aphrodesia by showing up with a gallon of veggie oil!). After that, it was Aphro Beat blastoff time, with a surprisingly big crowd that danced their ass off until the club called last call. Now we're cruising east in the Votemobile, which has been running on straight vegetable oil (we filled up at a Flagstaff Thai restaurant before leaving town) since getting on I-40. Which means about 1300 miles travelled on vegetable oil so far, or San Francisco to Albequerque on 40 bucks of diesel, if you're keeping score. Which we are.
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