Mike Padgett And Mad Props

By Kleinheider Posted on May 30, 2008 at 7:02 am

Democratic U.S. Senate Mike Padgett “journals” his get together with some local Democrats at the Tin Roof:

This evening, Jake and I hooked up with about 30 local Democrats at the Tin Roof on Demonbreun. My friend John Little dropped by, as did Brady Banks, Derek Tibbs and popular Nashville bloggers Sean Braisted and Ilissa Gold. Jake was on his best behavior, with his beautiful girlfriend at his side.

With this 35-and-under crowd, the conversation was hot, the beer was cold, and a good time was had by all.

Ilissa Gold recounts her conversation with the candidate on education:

Since he served on the Knox County school board, he has some specific ideas as to how to improve education in this country. His goal is that every child should be able to read the newspaper by fourth grade (I can’t speak for newspapers in the rest of the country, but the Tennessean is certainly written on a level that fourth graders should be able to read it). He also wants to work to reduce class sizes, noting that larger class sizes later on in a child’s education wouldn’t matter as much as long as he or she has the fundamentals.

Overall, I left very impressed by his candor and honesty.

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