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Originally posted by Bad_Rich_Chic
So, I've got a dinner engagement with a couple the Mr. and I met 3-4 years ago. (A mutual friend is in town and we are all getting together.) In an attempt to remember what we should remember about these people, I googled them.
In addition to reminding us that they are not in fact the couple we initially thought they were (thanks, Google!), I discovered that the husband of the couple was proposed for a fairly prominent job with a state government in the last year, and he withdrew his name after a fairly nasty set of public attacks on his candidacy (mostly of the "cronyism" and "old-boys network" variety, but also including some unkind comments on his qualifications). There was some press coverage, but all of it local (i.e.: not in any news organ I would have any reason to ever read, hear or see). I will of course pretend I don't know this.
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Don't worry -- I'm
so over not getting the much-coveted and potentially lucrative Road Commissioner appointment that Big Earl (Big Ed's brother -- he's a local political boss) tried to push through the Podunkville City Council last year.
I just wish that the Poduknville Picayune-Post reporter didn't hear that "what do I know about roads? Well, I drive every day" comment I whispered to Big Ed's aide on the podium in council chambers -- it made a nice headline. Live and learn.
