Those Other Sidney Warriors

Pete Cordes, Democrat of the Year, with Congressman Scott Murphy and DCDC Chair Cindy Lockrow-Schimmerling

Hey folks, just wanted to follow up about the Delaware County Democratic Committee Annual Dinner.

The dinner was last night. The venue, the Hanah Resort and Country Club in Margaretville, was beautiful, with some of the most amazing views you ever saw. The food was good (especially the sushi), the company was congenial and the speeches were close to perfect — not too long, not too brainlessly partisan. More like brainfully partisan.

Pete was true to his word. He promised us that he would give a nice short acceptance speech, which he did. Since last year’s winner, Janice Burdick, was not in attendance this year, I got to present the award as Sidney Town Chair.

In addition to the award, I also got to present Pete with congratulatory letters from Congressman Scott Murphy, Governor David Paterson, U.S. Senator Kirsten Gillibrand, NY State Democratic Committee Chair Jay Jacobs and Attorney General (and soon to be Governor) Andrew Cuomo.

All in all, it was a lovely evening and credit should be given where it’s due. Hats off to Mary McKeon, of the Middletown Committee, who was this year’s Dinner Chair. Lisa Tait, our County Committee Secretary Extraordinaire and Andrea Paternoster, DCDC Treasurer, share honorable mentions.

And, of course, loud applause and foot stamping and whistling for our lovely, talented and energetic Chairwoman, Cindy Lockrow-Schimmerling.

And once again, congratulations to Pete Cordes! Democrats of Sidney (and everywhere else in Delaware County) salute you!

Hey, we’re starting something new!

Outreach in Sidney can be difficult. Folks are busy. Our committee is broke and, in this economy, so is everybody else. That’s relevant because mailings cost money and Sidney has a lot of Democrats (believe it or not).

So, we decided we’re going to start something small and see if it grows. The something we’re going to start is the Sidney Democrats Monthly Brunch.

We’re not really going to be doing much except getting together to talk. We’ll be meeting at the Trackside Diner at 9 am, where you can knosh on as much or as little as you like. Dress is informal and so are we.

Our first Brunch will take place on April 10th. We’ll do this every month and, as I said, we hope attendee numbers will grow as it becomes a regular event.

After all, we Democrats really should get better acquainted, shouldn’t we?

(Oh, and don’t worry. We’ll remind you about it when we get closer to 4/10.)