Thanks everybody—including mayoral staffers, lobbyists, campaign managers, and local labor leaders—who crowded into the Five Point after work last night for PubliCola's first-ever Nerd Hour.

We were testing out the idea of a regular gathering where Cola readers could get together and wonk out. Mission accomplished on the wonkery metric as 30 or so Cola heads took over one half of the bar and argued about the Cross Base Highway, road diets, land use taxes, panhandling (City Council Member Tim Burgesss showed up), I-1098, and health care reform.

We're definitely doing this again.

And thanks Five Point for hosting.