New Orleans District 5 Senate Race
Metroblogging New Orleans has a brief aside on David Williams (Craig Giesecke attended the “meet the bloggers” gathering at Still Perkin.)
The inimitable Maitri over at VatulBlog has put up her Official Endorsements. I am happy to see that she is wholeheartedly behind my uncle David.
The Gambit’s Endorsements:They like David and Cheryl.
The Head Pelican’s thoughts on the District 5 Senate race, and it’s candidates.
I’d also like to point out the League of Women Voters page that contains breakdowns on all the current candidates (David’s is down at the bottom due to our last name)
I would also like to share the one quote from Gambit that shows where I got my civic streak from: “Williams has a long record of public service devoted to reaching across racial and economic lines.” While he and I may differ in a number of areas I am convinced that my own history of civic and cultural work comes from the same source as his, my grandfather.
While Gambit does not endorse David it is because they cannot decide between him and Cheryl Gray. “We wish they could both win seats in the Senate,” reads the line in their endorsements page. As always, my endorsement is obvious.
This afternoon in the Still Perkin coffeshop on Prytania Senatorial candidate David R.M. Williams met with several local bloggers including Maitri of Vatul Blog fame, Metroblogger’s Craig Giesecke, Becky Houtman and yours truly.
It was an enlightening two hours or so, but then I am prejudiced, he is my uncle after all. Since family ties make anything I have to say suspect I will instead be linking to any other pieces that float up through the blogosphere as I locate them. I will be paying particular attention to the bloggers who were kind enough to join us.
Also, since I am family, and am obeying strict transparency, I can be very direct about encouraging you to vote for David Williams. I think he is our best shot
Almost anything I could write on the race would end up being discounted due to my blood relationship with one of the candidates, my uncle David Williams. Instead I am doing my best to help him connect with that strange new medium called the blogosphere.
Tomorrow at a local coffee shop I will introduce a number of local bloggers to David and then sit back while they interact. (I think this is something we need to do more of in contemporary politics, and I would wholeheartedly support certain bloggers being accorded full press credentials, but that is another post.) Not quite a press conference, but it should result in a far more interesting and personal set of results.
Some of my fellow bloggers have already seen David speak at the forum last Tuesday, see what they have to say.
I will be posting links of the results of this little gathering as my fellow bloggers post, so check back here for updates.
If any bloggers wish to attend that have not contacted me yet, please email me at humidcity (at) gmail (dot) com before 12:15 Sunday and I will fill you in.
-Loki
