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A very special office opening in St. Petersburg

By Kristen Psaki - Jul 30th, 2008 at 8:54 pm EDT

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Tonight, over 200 names filled sign up sheets that began to curl from the rain in Grand Central District. Barack’s Campaign for Change unveiled its St. Petersburg office with special guests Senator Charles Justice and Representative Rick Kriseman who reminded the packed crowd:

We are in one of the most diverse areas of St. Petersburg, which is exactly what this campaign is all about. How do we turn this movement into a reality right here in St. Pete? We go door to door and we talk to our neighbors.

But when the St. Pete team announced that Barack Obama will be a few miles away this Friday morning at Gibbs High School, the packed crowd cheered the loudest. Each volunteer at 2321 Central Avenue, many of whom phone banked following the meeting and are planning to knock on doors this weekend, lined up to receive a ticket.

The people who stood shoulder to shoulder tonight all arrived for their own reasons.

Kristen is a labor delivery nurse who has seen the cracks in the health care system head on - she's consistently frustrated when she thinks about the number of hospital patients who deserved preventative care months ago.
Kristen came to the office opening because she's excited for the first time about a candidate and is looking forward to volunteering a few days a week when she's not working the night shift.

Next to Kristen stood Tammy. Tammy's roots run deep in St. Pete and she has been involved in political campaigns since Jimmy Carter.

But best of all, we met Bobby, Bobby's mom owns the ice cream parlor next door and decided to paint a sign for the office opening. He hopes that Barack stops by to get some ice cream one day, and he's pretty sure it will be Butter Pecan, but that might just be because it's Bobby's favorite.

It was certainly a very special evening in St. Pete.
Stay tuned for more office openings coming your way.

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