This Friday, Sept. 22, you’re invited to a tailgate party before the ORHS v. Jefferson County (Homecoming) game, in honor of State Rep. Jim Hackworth, at the new home of Betsy and Gary Coleman.

Jim is an outstanding supporter of public education, an outspoken advocate for our communities in the 33rd District, and an all-around really good guy. If he tells you he’ll follow up, he does. If you call, he listens. Beyond that, he doesn’t wait for people to ask for information — he brings the information to you, as is the case with the education forum this afternoon in Clinton featuring a couple of experts from the State.

A couple of years ago, he brought in several people to talk about fiscal capacity as it relates to education financing. He’s conducted a number of forums on health care.

There’s no set price of admission, but it would be nice if you could contribute something, even just what you would otherwise spend on dinner that evening (we’ll be serving Buddy’s BBQ and an assortment of homemade sides).

We’ll need an RSVP by Thursday — e-mail me, or call Betsy at 482-0021. You’ll get the address then, so we definitely know how many to feed.