Full Weekend Ahead

Full Weekend Ahead

When I was teaching, Thursday night was the de facto start of the weekend and here I am already looking ahead.

Joe Bolkcom's campaign kickoff tonight, 5-7, his place (728 2nd Ave.) Ride your bike, it's the Joe kind of thing to do.

Dave Zollo rocks the Ped Mall for free tomorrow night, don't miss it.

Break out the Spock ears for Trekfest in Riverside. Mark Nolte's parading; line up at 9:00 on River St. near People's Bank. My computer geek reputation has occasionally gotten my compared to Data. That plus I have a cat named Spot.

JC Dems throw a HQ grand opening a headquarters grand opening Saturday downtown from 1-3 p.m. Patty Judge is there.

Pass the Geritol: Rod Sullivan turns 40. Friends of Rod welcome at City Park Saturday afternoon 4ish.

Dave Loebsack's throwing a yard sign party Sunday 1-3 at four sites including City Park. "We will be serving Dave's famous sloppy sloppy Joes and yellow cake cupcakes (non uranium-enriched). "

Register has a couple interesting notes this AM:

Iowa's Little Limbaugh Steve King is holding up Voting Rights Act renewal because he doesn't like voting en español.

Mike Whalen and Jeff Lamberti show their true colors and bring in Karl Rove.

Also, the Reg had an interesting column about Mike Mauro the other day. Quoting Republicans on his qualifications:

"I've been working with Michael on elections a long time," Blair said. "Michael has forgotten more about elections and election law than Chet Culver ever knew."

"If he wins," Blair said, "I expect him to be a very good secretary of state."

Then he laughed.

"But that isn't an endorsement."

Oh, I don't know.