It's been a heckuva week. All those teary-eyed speeches about Mom and What's-His-Name. "It has been a privilege to work with him" -- I thought that was a good one on my part. Not half as much of a privilege as getting rid of him.
Well, it's time to get ready for the Inauguration. Not the public one that everybody's all clucking to get their invitations for, but the top secret one that only a few of us are going to be there for. They're going to swear Grampy in at 12:01 a.m. on New Year's in the men's locker room at Police Headquarters, and then he's going to put a helmet on and head out to Pioneer Courthouse Square to quell any rioters over there. If they start looting before midnight, Mom's going to handle it from her city car, but at 12 the cops are going to drop her off at her house and meet up with Grampy downtown. I hear the cops are planning to ask the crowd to withhold all brawling until the stroke of midnight so that their arrest and release can be handled more efficiently.
The actual swearing-in promises to be interesting. Homer Williams is going to hold the bible, and Bernie Giusto's going to administer the oath. Diane Linn's going to say a few words, but depending on the scene in the square, it may be have to be a quickie. I'm in charge of the alcohol-free refreshments, and they may let me drive the police car if things turn out to be slow.
Posted by Erik at December 23, 2004 03:12 PMYou forgot to mention the 1,000 FOE's (Friends of Erik) that will be making the initial $5 donation to his 2008 Mayoral campaign who will be in attendance.
Posted by: Roger at December 27, 2004 09:24 AM