NY Dopers, I met your congressman

Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share
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Today a bunch of TV and radio news people showed up to film my Americorps team working with our goats on Long Island. Gary Ackerman, a congressman in the US House of Representatives, came to meet us and give a speech. Everything went off without a hitch except that the goats wouldn’t cooperate for Jennifer McLogan when she needed a closeup (nor would they obligingly bleat for the camera guy). They had us tromp out into the cat briar and pretend to be doing something so they could get footage of our team ‘in action’. I’m sure we made very bad actors. Then for Congressman Ackerman’s speech they had us stand behind his podium, with the goats milling about in front of us in a feeding frenzy because we had to throw down feed to keep them all together for the shot. If you see us on the news, I’m the tall girl with the long blonde hair who’s making :eek: faces behind Congressman Ackerman because the goats are head-butting each other and knocking over my teammates.

Oddest quote of the day: Congressman Ackerman: (to me, regarding the goats) “They’re vegetarian, right?”

Also, the very nice lady from WINS 1010 was amused that we named the goats Russell, Greg, Scar, George, Spike, and Goldeneye (a few of the many goats) even though they’re all female.

I know WINS 1010 and CBS@2 were there, so watch for us on the news tonight!

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1010 WINS, dear (and you say out wins like it’s a word). Otherwise, you’ll sound like you’re not from 'roun these parts. :smiley:

BTW, it was Ackerman who asked the GM execs why they didn’t jet-pool.

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Ya think that’ll make the final cut?

ten-ten WINS - “you give us 22 minutes, we’ll give you the world!”. They still use the sound of teletypes clacking away in the background. :smiley:

Hopefully I can remember to check the news. I tend to get caught up in the swirl of my 6 y.o. daughters and lose my mind the second I walk in the door.

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He wasn’t my congressman. My congressman is Charlie Rangel one of the top most corrupt members of Congress. :wink:

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Its 5:27 and the story is on channel 2 next- will be looking for you

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The video’s up on the CBS-NY website

scroll through the videos on the right:“LI Park brings in goats for landscaping duty”

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Nitpick: Ackerman isn’t even Long Island’s sole Representative, let alone NYC’s.

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My Congressman is Christopher Lee. Or maybe Louise Slaughter. I moved recently and my town is split between two districts.

It was John Hall the last time I voted.