Tuesday, December 08 2009 - 07:43 PM
"Swimming with the Mayor" ends in near Catastrophe"
(LANCASTER) Based on the suggestion of one letter writer to the Valley Press, the City of Lancaster attempted to host a “swimming with the Mayor” event at Eastside Pool last week. “Everything started out fine, but when that man with the cut finger got in the water, the Mayor got really agitated,” said one observer. “I guess that’s what happens when sharks smell blood.”

Fortunately for the participants, a couple of other personal injury attorneys were nearby, and they were able to get in the water to calm the mayor down. When the mayor was escorted from the water, the other attorneys mentioned that he wouldn’t attack them due to professional courtesy.

“I think the idea was good, but the execution was pretty poor,” said a City Parks Department employee who asked to remain anonymous for fear of being fired. “Maybe we can make sure that nobody enters the water with any open sores. The next time, there may not be any other attorneys nearby so we really need to be careful.”

There was no comment from the mayor because he was still thrashing around a bit at press time.

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