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October 02, 2004
Why I Missed the Debate
After my long political blathering, I had hoped to actually watch the debate on Thursday night. Instead, I had to perform my civic duty.
I volunteer to serve on the Parking Authority, the body appointed by the town and charged by the state to operate the parking lots and maintain the buildings at Fairfield’s two train stations. In this regard, we act as landlords for the businesses operating there as well as set permit rates, and see to it maintenance is performed, etc.
Our coffee concession, Dunkin’ Donuts, recently changed owners right around the time our contractor discovered the entire coffee structure on the platform was deteriorating and needed to be gutted and rebuilt. The owner chose not to continue and DD supported the decision so we have been looking for a new concession.
Interestingly, we had nearly 20 different proposals. As a result, we scheduled Wednesday and Thursday evenings to hear presentations from the interested parties. Part of the presentation had to do with convincing us to rebuild on the platform or try and move the operation within the ticket office/waiting room. By the time we convened on Wednesday, our list had dropped to 14 and then dropped even further to 10, three Wednesday, the balance on Thursday.
So, on Thursday, when I wanted to be watching the debate with Deb and Robbie, I was instead listening to seven different people try and convince me they can do the job. A number of applicants were commuters who felt they knew exactly what the commuter wanted and wanted to stop being a commuter at all. Most, though, were local town businesses that saw this as a good way to expand.
After the final speaker left, we narrowed it down to four finalists and then went home and as I got in the car, both men were giving their summations. When I asked Robbie what he thought of the match-up he replied, “Bush wasn’t answering the questions.” That point was clear to all it seems.
My baseball talk on Tuesday is scheduled to end at 8:30 so I can be certain not to miss the Veep debate which should be equally entertaining.
Posted by Bob Greenberger at October 2, 2004 06:15 PM
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