Just got a tweet that 2K showed up in Council Bluffs, IA

[TexasBushwhacker]

Considering their population is only 60K, that's pretty impressive.

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

1. Probably got a lot of people from Omaha, across the river, but

it's still pretty impressive, especially considering it's Iowa and Nebraska.

[Jacoby365]

2. Here is a website that has a couple of pictures.

http://www.bernie2016.tv/

[Duckhunter935]

3. Very nice to hear

[orpupilofnature57]

4. Hail Council Bluffs, IA !!!!!!!

[SoapBox]

5. Cool!

And he has a parade or two on the 4th.

I just looked at BernieSanders.com...they posted an update about the Council Bluffs event and said 2,600 showed up for the 2,300 seats!

Larry Cohen was there and spoke.

I found the last part of the post interesting:

"More than 1,000 union leaders and members recently launched a Labor for Bernie 2016 network, a diverse grassroots initiative built to support Sanders’ presidential campaign. Sanders also was praised in resolutions adopted by the Vermont and South Carolina AFL-CIO executive boards. The Vermont-NEA also backs Sanders."

Maybe this is why Trumpka was issuing his decree, about not making any candidate support announcements (for lack of a better verbiage.)

[NJCher]

7. went to my union web site

and saw the page on Bernie. Also went to Bernie's site and signed up to volunteer.

re post downthread, thanks for the info on the percentage of Council Bluffs and Omaha people, OmahaSteve.



Cher

[Omaha Steve]

6. I was there

Also see this early post about my very exclusive souvenir: http://www.democraticunderground.com/1251424104

IF you were from IA you got a white Bernie Sticker. If you were from NEBR you got a blue Bernie sticker. At least 25% of the crowd crossed the river from Omaha etc.

When the set up the event a week ago, they planned on 300 people max!

I'll be posting more info and photos later tonight or tomorrow.

[SoapBox]

8. I replied in the other thread...

Bernie's website said that there were 2,600 there.

[Omaha Steve]

9. It was standing room only