Taking a day off to catch some 'history'
Posted Oct17, 2008 at 12:15 PM
Maxin Casey of Vinton arrived at the Roanoke Civic Center about 9 this morning to find herself about 2,000 places back in line. Using her cellphone, she managed to find a cousin, Sharon Graves, who was 1,800 people ahead of her. "I moved up, thank goodness," said Casey. She took a personal day off from work as a public school administrator. "This is history in the making."
Not everyone took the day off to attend. Adrian Stowe made the most of history, from a free enterprise perspective. He owns A Plus Promotions, a Charlotte-based clothing company whose team of sales representatives, led by Stowe, has followed Obama to events in Greensboro, N.C., and Nashville, Tenn., among other stops in the South. "Business in Roanoke is good today," he said. Stowe set up his tent outside the civic center about 6 a.m. Among his best sellers: chocolate colored sweat shirts with pink lettering that read, "Obama 08."
-- Rob Johnson
Comments
[October 17, 2008 12:45 PM]
Rob CThe reason for the big crowd is because Democrats are lazy and don't work anyway. I'm just surprised they woke up this early.
[October 17, 2008 2:24 PM]
Paul WorkmanYou can read all the horror stories about people standing in line and leaving at 5am but let me tell you my story. I left work at 11:50 and had a seat at 12:05. I took a Share Bike and parked feet from the entrance. And no, I didn't get wet.