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December 01, 2006
Light'em if you got'em
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| The Christmas Tree lighting at the new downtown plaza will happen at 6PM tonight. Along with the Christmas Preview (which already happened), this event is one of the downtown events that define Chico for my family. The others are Halloween riots, tubing down the Sac. with a kegger, partying at 4AM on St. Paddy's day, and... oh wait that was what defined Chico when I was in college. Chico has a lot of great events and it seems like more and more come on line as the years go by. This is a fun one, and it'll beat last year which was on the steps at City Hall. Last year Santa arrived in a fire truck, and there was a children's choir populated by some kids from our neighborhood. One thing I've noticed (and I'll blurt out here) is that these community events are usually attended by the "progressive" politicos. I've been to a lot of them and I don't often see "conservative" counselors in attendance. I've shared this observation with others, and they've seen the same thing. I tend to disagree with "feel-good" liberal policies, especially those that cost a bunch of money. But I do appreciate the local politicians that come out to community events and mingle with the rest of us. I think politicians being seen and approachable at community events was a factor in the last election. |
Posted by Lon at December 1, 2006 10:10 AM