Can liberty prevail in Chicago?
by David Kirby | Dec 17, 2007
AFF member, and now Chicago resident, Blake Dvorak's take on last week's Chicago happy hour:
"Locked in this metropolis of freezing rain and collectivist politics, any gathering of conservative and libertarians is cause for celebration. But attending the inaugural happy hour of the Chicago
Chapter of AFF was an extraordinary moment for those who had cut their political teeth at AFF Roundtables in Washington years ago.
"Although even more Democratic than Chicago, Washington nevertheless attracts the future leaders of the conservative-libertarian movement because it is, as they say, where the action is. But in Chicago, would there be a demand for a group where the politically passionate could gather to debate the ideas that shape this nation? Or as John Tillman, Chairman and CEO of the Illinois Policy Institute, asked, 'How many of you believe that liberty can prevail here in Chicago?' As we found out that night, quite a few.
"'Together our goal must be nothing short of making "liberty" policies the politically expedient choice for political decision-makers,' Tillman said in his brief address. 'With your leadership we can do that, and America's future will be better than ever.'
"But the time for debating will come later, at the Chicago Chapter's first Roundtable on Jan. 16. This was just the beginning, where new friends gathered to laugh and drink and know that liberty is still alive and well this side of the Potomac."
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