Burnt Orange Report

Austin Capitol Vigil

By Karl-Thomas Musselman

I attended the No Nonsense in November vigil tonight at the capitol where hundreds of Austinites encircled the capitol in a silent march before heading over to a volunteer appreciation party at Mother Egan's. An interesting story, I was trying to get up inside the Capitol to someone's office that faced out over the crowd to take some shots from above and the only place open was the Governor's Press Office. So I went in and asked of course.

Two very nice young women smiled at me and seemed somewhat helpful. One went off to get her superior, a bland looking white guy who came out and said they couldn't really open up the window for me to take pictures. Of course, I didn't need the window opened up, I could shoot through clear glass any day of the week, but he proceeded to say that he'd have to decline my request. Not that I was surprised, but it was worth the exchange. Especially since the House Floor was open and I just went over to that chamber and shot pictures out of their windows. So you can see that picture here. And I got a ground shot here and one shot that somewhat gets across the line we made around the Dome.

But my favorite shot of all is in the extended entry.