Tonight, I proxied for Betty Yee at the Democratic County Central Committee meeting. As a substitute for August Longo, who’s sick, I played back-up to the back-up… I’m the man, behind the man, behind the woman.
There were two resolutions. One to continue research into a Precinct Captain proposal, for voter outreach, and one for a feasibility study of suicide barriers on the Golden Gate Bridge. Both passed without any objections or abstentions. What’s really odd was the number of people who chimed in on how good an idea the Precinct Captain idea was… pointless, since we voted for this unanimously anyways, but extended the meeting by about half an hour.
All in all, if I didn’t show up 1 1/2 hours early, I would have enjoyed the experience much more. I learned quite a bit, and I’ll have more input, if I get to proxy again in the future. I guess I didn’t need to watch those four episodes of the West Wing for prep. Thanks, August, it was great.