The Senator Search

 Headed up to the State House to join teachers protesting a harsh bill that aimed to reduce funding for public education. Full disclosure: It passed anyway a few days later. 

Nancer, gb and I  were hoping to join other Monroe County teachers for an official chat with our State Senator Shelly Yoder around 10am.  She's one of the good ones and we wanted to get her insider perspective on the mess we're all in.

We could not find our peeps. We zipped around hither thither and yon, asking people and texting others.  To no avail.  Our frazzled disappointment was palpable, but then Nancer spotted Shelly Yoder! She was talking to 2 young people who looked to be her staff.  I could not say for sure who these people were, but they didn't look like they would mind being interrupted.

We approached Shelly Yoder and told her we had been looking all over for her. She was super pleasant and had her staffer take our photo.  We later found this photo on SY's FB page! One door closes but another one opens.  

We weren't successful with our efforts to defeat SB1, but we'll live to fight another day.