The blueprint

Last night, I did not make it to Rep. Hank Johnson's town hall meeting on Healthcare due to work obligations and reports that a crowd of over 1000 were expected. The actual attendance numbers were likely well north of 1000 based upon on the ground reports, but the event overall turned out to be a mostly respectful discussion rather than the sort of bail-money-necessitating fruforal we worried it would be on Twitter. In fact, I'd dare say after reading the various reports catalogued below that Rep. Johnson may have just laid out the blueprint for other Democrats on how to do this townhall thing the right way.

Here are others' reports from the event:
Griftdrift's official writeup and Gonzo notes
Blog for Democracy's liveblog and next day impressions
Creative Loafing's Andisheh Nouraee gives his take from the madness outside
AJC's account

And here are some fantastic photographs from Josh D. Weiss.

I'm happy to see that Atlanta managed to have a lively discussion without any of the violence or truly scary behavior that has marred other town halls. Way to do our city proud, folks.