The last time I attended a political party town committee meeting, it was the Democratic Town Committee meeting and I got to to preview the new voting machines and sit through a very long meeting with many references to points of order. In stark contrast, the RTC meeting was light on substance and way more casual, starting promptly at 7:30 pm and ending at 8:03 pm. It struck me that the Republicans managed to get through an entire meeting agenda in the same amount of time that the Democrats, well only a couple of Democrats really, managed to get through the question of whether to kick in $30 for an charitable ad book buy. Tonight, the DTC also held their meeting next door to the RTC meeting and while I had hoped that I could swing both, I decided to let the spotlight rest on the Republicans tonight and will cycle back to the Democrats the next time.

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