It was an evening devoted to the legacy of Robert F. Kennedy, with a keynote speech by Daniel Kalef, a ranking official at Louisville’s Muhammad Ali Center, and not infrequent references to Dr. Martin Luther King, Mother Teresa and the contemporary relevance of liberalism, and as you might expect – this being New Albany, after all – when it comes to the importance of lessons like these, those local Democratic politicos most in need of schooling skipped class.
Current city council members not in attendance were Donnie Blevins (at-large), Dan Coffey (1st), Larry Kochert (4th) and Steve Price (3rd). All except Kochert are running for re-election as Democrats. No-show city council candidates were Roger Hefler (4th), Vicki Denhart (at-large; a.k.a. “Freedom to Screech”) and James Hollis (at-large).
Chairman Randy Stumler performed admirably, emphasizing party unity by aggressively taking certain local mainstream newspapers to task for allegedly portraying Democrats as “squabbling idiots.”
Given the fact that most of those Democrats responsible for the past three years of, well, squabbling idiocy on the New Albany city council were not in attendance (see above), Stumler’s polemical agility is to be fully commended.
There’ll be more ruminations on the dinner tomorrow. Apart from personalities, it really was a powerful reminder of core principles.
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