I spotted a state House of Representatives license plate the other day. It’s not\u00a0really all than an\u00a0uncommon sight, actually,\u00a0since these folks aren’t rolling in the cash like the fools in the “Big House” in\u00a0Washington. Most of them have to drive themselves around to their various meets and greets and constituency shake-downs, but fortunately for us that means the buy-offs are relatively cheap.<\/p>\n
In 2005, the state reps here each\u00a0had posted salaries of\u00a0$28,500… which, while not\u00a0bad for a part-time gig,\u00a0isn’t enough to maintain the absolute best scandals. So… it’s also not all that shocking\u00a0to hear about the extracurricular activities many of our legislature keep themselves busy with.<\/p>\n
But the car\u00a0 I saw last week, an old Caddy with the initials “WBB” on\u00a0its House plate, also had a Pizza Hut delivery sign strapped to its roof. I really wasn’t sure whether to be laughy or pissy about it.\u00a0Maybe it was\u00a0a poor wannabe who really likes his pizza when he’s not voting on an anti-pants-down-around-the-knees resolution. Or maybe it was\u00a0just a case of good old-fashioned abuse of privileges, wherein the state was paying for somebody else to move pies. Either way, I’m really annoyed now that I didn’t have a camera in the car to document the fun. We’ve got an old 1 megapixel CF camera that isn’t being used, and I’m thinking\u00a0that that should start riding with me everywhere.<\/p>\n
Anyway,\u00a0it’s no Pizzagate, and\u00a0probably wouldn’t even be\u00a0blawg’d about anywhere else…\u00a0it just goes to\u00a0show that\u00a0most of the fun stuff happens on the west end of the state,\u00a0and that it’s just\u00a0corn-fed mediocrity here in the middle of it. Mostly. We do have some good killings and public nekkedness every once in a while. And next time I see one, I’ll post pictures of it right here.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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