Last week, I caught a story on the news saying that a local high school marching band has been invited to Bush's inauguration on the 20th. I was shocked to hear that the band had to pay for getting there. I figure that once you get to the level of a presidential inauguration, you can get a free ride. Well, I don't know how things have been done in the past.
Today, there's a Washington Post story on Yahoo! News saying that the Bush administration is asking Washington, D.C. to put $11.9 million of the district's money (from a $240 million homeland security grant) into the event, breaking a long-standing precedent.
What the hell?
I'd been thinking of boycotting stuff on the 20th (there's apparently an e-mail circulating calling for "Not One Damn Dime Day"), and this would be that proverbial straw that breaks the camel's back for me...
Posted by mike at January 11, 2005 03:51 PM | Politics | TrackBack