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Subject: [Leica] It's NOT politics as usual. Or maybe it is ....
From: mark at rabinergroup.com (Mark Rabiner)
Date: Thu Mar 1 20:27:54 2007

On 3/1/07 6:35 PM, "Henning Wulff" <henningw@archiphoto.com> typed:

> At 2:51 PM -0500 3/1/07, Kyle Cassidy wrote:
>> It's time for Philadelphia's mayor, John Street, to step down. There's a
>> wide range of contenders to fill his shoes. One of them is Milton Street
>> -- the mayors own brother.
>> 
>> Despite being under federal inditement and not even living in the state,
>> Milton's the media's favorite because -- well, he's so incredibly odd.
>> 
>> He had a noon rally today threatening to pull out of the race if 5,000
>> people didn't show up. 150 showed up, and 40 reporters. True to form, he
>> had a piano player tickling the ivories while he spoke, then he hauled a
>> coffin out on stage with him, then he started preaching (quoting the
>> bible, waving his arms), then he'd lean on the coffin for a while, and
>> then, overcome by the spirit -- he burst into song. After the rally he
>> did a duet with some guy from WIP radio. Oh yeah.
>> 
>> My photos:
>> 
>> http://www.asc.upenn.edu/usr/cassidy/pix/2007/2007%2D03%2D01%2Dms/images.html
>> 
> 
> Great shots, Kyle. 5888 copy copy.jpg is especially good. The idea of
> voting for the guy might be a bit scary, but he photographs well - by
> you, anyway.


Likewise I'm sure. Its hard to not like a guy that crazy. The mayor. But
also photog!!!

Mark Rabiner
8A/109s
New York, NY

markrabiner.com



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