The Inaugurobloggers that we wrote about last week had tickets from Walz's office and were able to get in.to see the inauguration, but not everyone was so lucky. In today's CJ column at the Strib, we learn that Walz's chief of staff wasn't able to get in to see the show::
Count the Kaplans among those underwhelmed with the organization of the inauguration. More alarming than media with credentials, like me, who did not make it past inaugural security check points, were people with precious tickets to the swearing-in.
"I know Josh Syrjamaki [a staffer for Congressman Tim Walz] didn't get in," said Sylvia Kaplan. "My kids in D.C. all had friends with tickets who didn't get in. The cops did not know anything, they didn't seem to have any walkie-talkies. It's really hard to explain, isn't it? I guess you could say it was a great [example of] democracy because having tickets didn't do you any good."
CJ may find not getting into the inauguration alarming, but we rather like Sylvia Kaplan's take on this.
The situation kinda reminds us of what Atmosphere had to say about guarantees (the rant puts the spectacle into prospect--and the cravings for change and solutions for real problems as well):
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