lunch today

[Carolyn Branagan]

I've been invited to lunch today with the Governor today. Don't know what he wants to talk about, but I'll let you know what happens.

[rod anode]

slap him on the back of the head for me please .

[Carolyn Branagan]

Ed, you're impossible!
Turned out the Governor had invited others to lunch also. I was actually glad not to be the only one. Jim Douglas used to do this kind of thing also.... just get a bunch of legislators together to see how things are going. Gov. Shumlin told me (again) that he does not plan to raise taxes. I explained to him that both Georgia and Fairfax had level funded school budgets for two years and could not do it a third year.
All went well. Everyone was using their best behavior.  No big announcements. The Governor paid.
I was glad I went.   
C.