Friday was Citizen's Day on Utah's Capitol Hill. I don't think I would have known about it, except that I helped campaign for Pete Ashdown for US Senate last year, and I still occasionally get Google Alerts, when his name appears in the news. Pete was scheduled to give the first speech of the day, and so he was mentioned in the local newspaper, and I got an alert. I signed up, and sent information about it to several of my friends. One of them decided his schedule would allow him to go, so I didn't even have to go it alone. We got there just before 8:30, when registration began, not knowing what to expect. I found a table up front, right in the center, and sat down. A gentleman named Witt (no clue if I'm spelling that right!) sat down and introduced himself, and we got an interesting conversation going. 3 other ladies ended up joining us at our table, but I don't recall their names. Only one of the people at my table had attended Citizen's Day before, so I didn't feel like I was a total newbie.
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