Coalition of Candidates Calls Election Wired

A coalition of candidates for the office of City Council President held a press conference today to protest the lack of public debate in the race for the office of City Council President. There have been fifteen mayoral debates, many of them televised, and not a single one for the second highest office in the City. Candidates for City Council President formed a coalition, after they realized their voices were being silenced.

The candidates said that the single scheduled debate for them had been canceled after the recent earthquake, when the City put pressure on the Pratt Library to close that evening, even though the building was sound. The debate was not rescheduled.

Candidates Tom Kiefaber, Leon Hector, Armand Girard, and Renold B. Smith were present at the conference. Two other candidates, Charles U. Smith and David Anthony Wiggins, had signed up to suppor the coalition, but were unable to appear at the press conference.

The 3 minute highlights video is here:



Press Conference:



Q&A:

Movie Fans: Don't Miss The Senator's Memorabilia Sale!

I confess. I'm guilty of failing to update my blog in a few days. In my own defense, I must say I've spent about 40 of the last 72 hours at The Senator Theatre. I've been volunteering at The Senator, because they've got back rooms full of massive quantities of movie memorabilia from years of operation, and we've been going through it bit by bit and putting it out in the lobby for sale. What's gone out so far is only the tip of the iceberg, and the sale will go on for the next two weeks as the auction approaches.

Trust me, there are rooms and rooms of posters, standees, old film reels, promotional materials, banners, and tons of other cool stuff. The folks at The Senator have shown me just a portion of it, and my jaw dropped. If you're a movie fan, you've got to get in here in the next few weeks and check this out.

There will be a silent auction for the bigger stuff, and you can sign up to bid from now until just before the theatre goes to auction. Here are a few examples of some of the bigger items available:


Lord of the Rings: Return of the King banner


Custom made Star Wars Episode 1 promotional art for showing at The Senator


Giant plastic Millenium Falcon


Plexiglass Marquee Sign from premiere of John Waters' Cry Baby at The Senator


Hand-painted sign from John Waters' A Dirty Shame premiere at The Senator

That's just a sample. Come on in to see more.

While I was helping with sales the other day, a reporter asked me what The Senator means to me. They didn't put me on the news, probably because I said nice things about the community-oriented way The Senator is run by owner Tom Kiefaber. Millions raised for charity over the years. Hundreds of local charities helped every year. But the local media has their agenda on this issue and doesn't want to put out the positive story from me and hundreds of other local people who have come in to get their piece of Senator history, many of whom have expressed their support and gratitude to Tom Kiefaber personally.