Support your local Sheriff!!

For the first time in awhile, Sangamon County Sheriff Neil Williamson was facing a tough opponent, for re-election. We had arranged an event for Wednesday night, six days before Election Day, where he would speak on campus, and Fulgenzi's Pizza & Pasta agreed to provide the food.

Since this was being held on Wednesday night (not a good night for meetings or events, we've found), I thought attendance might not be good, and told Fulgenzi's we may only have 20 people or so.

What happened was surprising... This event was after the first Men's Basketball game of the season (which had been immediately preceded by the first Women's Basketball game). After the games, many people actually went to our event!!

We must have had 60 to 80 people in attendance!! We ran out of pizza, but the rally for the Sheriff went great! (He ended up coasting to re-election, six days later.)