I drove over to the campus at UC Davis for a little coverage of the event this evening. Although I had no ticket, I was able to visit with several different factions of the political spectrum, and shoot some pics and video. I did get into a discussion with Alphonso Aguilar, who was ex presidente bush's Chief of the Border Patrol. He's now championing comp immigration reform through that Vota Tu Valores bus tour that stopped by towards the end of the event. I found out when I got back here that I had the camera on during our discussion, but because I was unaware, all we got is sound, but that's better than nothing.
the brown vs whitman discourse got rather heated out there, and even got a little pushy-shovey. And here I thought people were dead out there.
Saw Chelena out there, but did not exchange a word with her. Did speak with some of her troupe during the event. She is thick with make-up, and still caught up in the celebrity of it all. I say celebrity, but the press pretty much ignored her. A few less than notable media spoke with her, but the big boys looked away. I caught one of her people trying to coerce a cameraman and his news anchor as they made their way past her spot, but they brushed the guy off in short order. That Alvarez candidate was there too, but in lesser number than even chelen's little squad. All in all, it was a brown whitman thing.
I'll also tell you about another guy there carrying a sign that was pretty surprising, but wait till the pics are up. Video may not be until tomorrow, but we'll see how it goes.
Chelene's Motley crew:
