MY CALENDER IS BOOKED IN DECEMBER

I was elected as a delegate to the Florida Democratic Party conference to be held in December at the Disney Contemporary Resort near Orlando, and knew that the folks in Tallahassee were planning some good speakers for the weekend. Now we know who.

Former North Carolina Senator and vice presidential running mate John Edwards, considered by many to be a potential 2008 candidate for the top job, will be one of the featured speakers at the event. Also scheduled will be congressmen Barney Frank of Massachusetts and John Lewis of Georgia. Frank is known almost as much for the fact that he is the first openly gay congressional representative as he is for his outspokenness on the left side of the political spectrum. Lewis has been a champion in the area of civil rights for years.

There are a number of big-name Democratic officeholders who have been invited. It should be an interesting weekend