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D.C. Parents Can Use Kids to Score Inaugural Parade Tickets - DCist: Washington DC News, Food, Arts & Events
D.C. Parents Can Use Kids to Score Inaugural Parade Tickets - DCist: Washington DC News, Food, Arts & Events
Both the AP and the Post picked up the Presidential Inaugural Committee's decision to hold an essay contest to award parade viewing stand tickets to over 100 D.C. students. The contest, which asks students to write 500-word essays responding to the question, "How can I contribute to my ...
No Sober Rides for Inauguration - DCist: Washington DC News, Food, Arts & Events
No Sober Rides for Inauguration - DCist: Washington DC News, Food, Arts & Events
dcist.com — WTOP's Mark Segraves reported yesterday that Sober Ride, the free taxi service provided by the Washington Regional... Alcohol Program on major holidays, will not operate on Inauguration Day. Can't say we're too surprised, given the fact that it's usually ... (more) No Sober Rides for Inauguration - DCist: Washington DC ...
Inaugural Parade Tickets Sold Out "In Minutes" - Political Hotsheet
Inaugural Parade Tickets Sold Out "In Minutes" - Political Hotsheet
cbsnews.com — The five thousand tickets to the Inaugural parade released by the Presidential Inaugration Committee (PIC) at 1pm... today sold out "in minutes," CBS News' Andrea Bruce reports. PIC is still reeling from the demand of these tickets and trying to figure ... (more) Inaugural Parade Tickets Sold Out "In Minutes" - ...
Inaugural parade tickets to go on sale
Inaugural parade tickets to go on sale
politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com — The Presidential Inauguration Committee announced Friday that five thousand tickets for the bleachers along the inauguration parade... route will go on sale Friday at 1 p.m. ET on Ticketmaster. WASHINGTON (CNN) — The Presidential Inaugural Committee is releasing tickets Friday for bleacher seats along President-elect Obama's inaugural parade route, but they likely won't last long. After all, [...] (more) Inaugural parade tickets to go on sale
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Scritti Politti: January 6, 2007
The Huffington Post | Full News Feed — ... Living Vicariously, Through Children: The Presidential Inaugural Committee has decided to hold "an essay contest to award parade viewing stand tickets to over 100 D.C. students." I'm predicting the winner pool to be strangely flush with kids sprung from the loins of various left-leaning DC think-tanks. ...

Scritti Politti: January 6, 2007
Politics on HuffingtonPost.com — ... Living Vicariously, Through Children: The Presidential Inaugural Committee has decided to hold "an essay contest to award parade viewing stand tickets to over 100 D.C. students." I'm predicting the winner pool to be strangely flush with kids sprung from the loins of various left-leaning DC think-tanks. ...

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