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Tuesday, May 03, 2005
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SNAPSHOTS FROM HOME TWIN PEAKS When the election judge showed up at the Garrett Park, Maryland town hall last night to announce the results of our town council election, the head of the citizens' association took out a piece of wood he'd brought with him and lit it. White smoke appeared. "Habemus towncouncilus," he said. Mr. UD, who, as it happens, was among those elected to this body, will soon be up to his ears in town business: building variances, signage policy (there's a serial sign-maker in town whose most recent work can be seen all over the place protesting Bush's social security plan), the sort of surfacing we want for the new retaining walls along the town's main street, etc. Some people map out their modes of thinking globally and acting locally; Mr. and Mrs. UD do not. Things fall into their laps. In this case, the mayor of Garrett Park, sensing some civic greatness in Mr. UD, asked to him run. UD admits to being somewhat excited about this new, more public life, although whatever the antithesis of a political wife is, that's UD. |