OK, I talked with Linda French and she’s agreed to give us the front part of Frenchie’s from 7:00 to 9:00 on the evening of Thursday, February 21 for our little get together of bloggers, local elected officials, and blog readers. I know that some of you won’t be able to make it that day, and I’m sorry about that, but I was trying to work around a few different schedules and that’s the best I could come up with. Hopefully it’s far enough away that at least of few of you who otherwise wouldn’t will be able to work something out so that you can attend.

As we discussed, there won’t be an agenda – just a lot of bare-knuckle political discourse on the future of our beloved little town. Linda’s not charging us for the space, so it won’t cost anything to attend. She’s also offered to give us happy hour pricing on beer. What’s more, she said that by then they might even have all 16 taps up and running! My only concern is space. If a lot of people show up, it might get crowded. She says the front section of Frenchie’s will accommodate about 60, so I don’t anticipate a huge problem, but who knows.

OK, I’ll send some invites out to the local bloggers and politicians that I know, and if you could do the same, I’d appreciate it. I’ll also ask Linette if she can update our old Beer with Bloggers logo so it has the new date and time. (Or maybe I’ll just go the handmade route again.) So, for those of you who would like to help promote the event on your sites, just hang on through the weekend and I’ll get you a graphic of some kind.

I’d also like to say that, even though much of the discourse will be about Ypsi, we’d love to have folks from Ann Arbor and elsewhere show up as well. I’m sure that a lot of us would actually welcome an opportunity to speak about something other that the precarious position of this town of ours… So, if you’re a blogger, and if you read this, and if you’re within hitchhiking distance, please stop in and introduce yourself.