Obama Inauguration Festivities

[teele-sq.livejournal.com]

From Carl Sciortino's mailing list:

Daytime
Sen. Jehlen and Rep. Denise Provost are hosting a live inauguration watch party at Orleans Restaurant in Davis Square to watch together on a big screen.

Tuesday, January 20th, from 11:30 am to about 2:00 pm. Lunch is Dutch treat.

Questions: patjehlen@gmail.com


Evening
Come celebrate the historic inauguration of President Obama! This is one of those moments when we should share a toast together. Join friends and neighbors to watch the speech from earlier in the day and have a good time!

Tuesday, January 20th, 8pm - close
Sabur Restaurant, 212 Holland St, Somerville (directions here)
Refreshments served, cash bar is open.

The suggested donation is $25, payable to the Committee to Elect Carl Sciortino, but people are welcome to attend regardless of ability to pay. You can also buy tickets in advance.

Questions: csciortino@gmail.com

Comments

Did you know the cost of the inauguration

[nvidia99999.livejournal.com]

is around 200M, if not more. I find this outrageous, no matter how one spins it.

Re: Did you know the cost of the inauguration

[solarpanda.livejournal.com]

mmm more like $160 million, with around ~$110M going towards transportation and security; it's slightly more than the 2004 inauguration cost. Considering the $50 million is coming out of the pocket of donors and the remaining is to keep the crowds safe, I'd say the only thing outrageous about it is that security costs so much!

Also:

[secretlyironic.livejournal.com]

Inauguration party at Harvard Bookstore:
http://harvard.com/events/press_release.php?id=2192

Re: Did you know the cost of the inauguration

[nvidia99999.livejournal.com]

It will be more than 200M. The cost of the 2004 inauguration is irrelevant. With that logic, it would be OK to start another random war just because Bush started one.

Re: Did you know the cost of the inauguration

[solarpanda.livejournal.com]

I think the 2004 cost IS relevant; it provides context as to how much inaugurations cost. And again, the festivities come from the donors' pockets and the security is there to protect the top half of the former and present line of succession as well as over 1 million people crowded into a relatively tiny space.

Re: Did you know the cost of the inauguration

[nvidia99999.livejournal.com]

How about NOT having an inauguration, for a change?

Re: Did you know the cost of the inauguration

[teele-sq.livejournal.com]

For the first black president ever? Doesn't seem right.

Re: Did you know the cost of the inauguration

[nvidia99999.livejournal.com]

They could have an inauguration in 2nd life. :) It would have been a great symbol for change.