Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2007/03/04
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]This is a wonderful story with wonderful pictures. My favorite is working the press, the next to last photo. Entertaining politico characters are golden. Ric On Mar 1, 2007, at 2:51 PM, Kyle Cassidy wrote: > It's time for Philadelphia's mayor, John Street, to step down. > There's a > wide range of contenders to fill his shoes. One of them is Milton > Street > -- the mayors own brother. > > Despite being under federal inditement and not even living in the > state, > Milton's the media's favorite because -- well, he's so incredibly odd. > > He had a noon rally today threatening to pull out of the race if 5,000 > people didn't show up. 150 showed up, and 40 reporters. True to > form, he > had a piano player tickling the ivories while he spoke, then he > hauled a > coffin out on stage with him, then he started preaching (quoting the > bible, waving his arms), then he'd lean on the coffin for a while, and > then, overcome by the spirit -- he burst into song. After the rally he > did a duet with some guy from WIP radio. Oh yeah. > > My photos: > > http://www.asc.upenn.edu/usr/cassidy/pix/2007/2007%2D03%2D01%2Dms/ > images > .html > > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information