Friday, June 12th, 2009...7:20 pm
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We wish Raúl Castro a happy 93rd birthday today.
The folks at the Pima County Democratic Party would like to remind you that you can wish Governor Castro birthday wishes in person at a special tribute luncheon being held in his honor tomorrow at the Marriot University Park (880 E Second, near University and Euclid) at Noon. Invited guests include Dennis DeConcini, Rose Mofford, Bruce Babbitt, Jim McNulty, Don Bivens and Jim Pederson. Jack August, who recently wrote Adversity Is My Angel: The Life and Career of Gov. Raúl H. Castro, will also be on hand to sign and discuss his book. The lunch costs $75, $50 for PCs and $25 for students.
For more information, check the Pima County Democratic Party website.
14 Comments
June 12th, 2009 at 7:29 pm
Thanks for the plug, Tedski!
Don’t forget our keynote speaker, Congressman Raúl M. Grijalva!
Hope to see everyone at what is going to be a great event!
June 12th, 2009 at 9:25 pm
You forgot Attorney General Terry Goddard!
June 13th, 2009 at 7:43 am
Not only did you forget Terry, but he’s one of the few invited guests who will actually be present and speak (briefly). Iknow it was accidental and I do forgive you, but don’t ever do it again. Vera
June 13th, 2009 at 2:02 pm
I love Vera Berkman.
June 13th, 2009 at 4:39 pm
Vera’s gotta defend her man!
Great event today!! man, 93 and going strong!!!
June 14th, 2009 at 1:05 am
Great event…..it was great to be a part of it…..
June 14th, 2009 at 3:54 pm
I’d like to join Michelle in saying “I love Vera Berkman”!
Special thanks to Congressman Grijalva, Attorney General Goddard, Gov. Babbitt, Mr. Pederson, Dr. August and everyone else who made the event such a success. I hope that they will all be able to make next year’s Gov. Rose Mofford tribute even more successful!
June 14th, 2009 at 4:43 pm
Great article on AZSTARNET:
http://www.azstarnet.com/sn/fromcomments/296991.php
June 14th, 2009 at 5:11 pm
An interesting choice of people to honor.
For more on Ambassador and Governor Castro, check out the March 23, 1977 IRE article, available online through Google News (“Raul Castro’s anti-corruption fight may be slipping,” The Bryan Times) and the December 17, 2002 article in South Africa’s The Star, also available online through Google News (“Security archives show US betrayed Argentina”).
June 15th, 2009 at 12:02 am
IC, you are a hater. I think everybody should read the two articles you listed so people can see that dude didn’t even do anything wrong.
June 15th, 2009 at 9:08 am
Meanwhile, “Inconvenient Truth” can sit in his mom’s basement and brag that there are no black marks on his own sterling record, because he’s never done shit.
June 15th, 2009 at 11:35 am
i want Vera Berkman in my corner in a bar fight.
June 15th, 2009 at 1:58 pm
IC, the Bryan Times article seems to suggest that Governor Castro had some ties to businesses in the State of Arizona… And that he received large political donations for nefarious people…
Sounds like a politician to me.
June 16th, 2009 at 3:29 am
I met Raul first in the 1950’s when he was dating my Grandmother;whom he met at the Italian American Club on Stone Ave.
After a while he asked her to marry him. She told him she could not take the public life and turned him down.
Through Dino and Dennis I had my father-in-law Howard A. Bring (Brings Funeral Homes Inc.) appointed to the State Board Of Funeral Directors when Raul was Governor.
Alvin Bring ,Howards Father was a Delegate to the 1944 and 1948 Democratic Convention in Chicago and at the request of Harry Truman put his name on the ballot for President of The United States from The State of Arizona ,the first state called on the roll call.
Since I own Brown and Page Funeral Home in Douglas, Arizona also Raul has used our services as well as my families Brings Funeral Homes in Tucson.
There is always a special place in my heart for Raul; whom I call my Grandfather.