Barack's coming back

Barack Obama apparently likes Cincinnati a lot.



The Democratic presidential contender is back in town Tuesday, July 17 for another fundraising event - again, at the Westin hotel. A Feb. 26 apperance at the same venue drew about 1,000 supporters, most of them writing checks to Obama's campaign.



The candidate's wife, Michelle Obama, showed up in May at the Indian Hill home of Barbara Gould for a fundraising event that drew about 100 people.



This time around, you won't have to have particularly deep pockets to get in on the fun - a $50 donation will get you a ticket to the general reception and access to the cash bar. A $1,000 check gets you into a private reception, where the bar is free and a "lite bite" will be offered (which we guess means you probably shouldn't cancel your dinner plans).

For $2,300 - the maximum an individual can contribute under federal election law - you get it all: private reception, free bar, "lite bite," and a photo of you and the would-be president you can hang on your office wall in a frame that will be considerably cheaper than the photograph.


For the private reception crowd, the fun begins at 5:30 p.m. 6 p.m. for everbody else.

More information: e-mail Barbara Gould at bgould@fuse.net