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Another year has gone by, which means it's time for another of these Christmas Greetings things. It's amazing how much can change in just 365 days. There have been a great many changes in my life, among them a new address and a new job. I'm very happy with all of them. Life is good.
I've finally run out of Tammy Faye jokes, so let's get right into taking a look about at 1990. Frank Lynch, my state senator, limped his way to another victory. Frank's campaign was a beauti- ful display of why he deserves to a state senator, he didn't even attend the televised debate, but sent a proxy instead. To compen- sate for his unbelievably pathetic attendance record in the senate, Frank sent dozens of overly-slick mud-slinging campaign ads. The Democrats spent a lot of bucks to keep him in office. The nice thing about Frank Lynch is that his opinions on major issues don't matter because he won't bother to vote on them... Jesse Jackson had a local TV special about Philadelphia's finan- cial crisis. He said that he sensed some tension between the mayor and city council (big shock), and called Wilson Goode a strong and effective mayor. Next time, do some research first Jesse... Gilbert "Dice" Gotfried... the scaffolding finally came off a nice shiny almost new City Hall Tower... Rosanne Barr sang the national anthem and grabbed her crotch. Who does she think she is, Madonna?... a book by the First Dog Millie, outsold Ronald Reagan's book. Millie probably was more involved in writing of her book... Guns N Roses managed to liven up one of countless mindless awards shows... Madonna did a "Vote or I will give you a 'spankie'" commercial, no one knows how many people were nauseated into voting. Madonna however opted not to vote... Dick Tracy mania. Yeah right... apartheid fell onto history's scrapeheap... Leland Palmer did it... Mikey Milken got about 3 years and was fined $600 million. Poor Mikey's crying all the way to the bank; he's still worth over $700 million... flag burning and censorship (yawn)... if you had a positive net worth of 5 bucks or more, you were richer than Donald Trump... Milli Vanil- li, man they're better than Dylan and the Beatles combined... Dan Quayle said that he thinks people could live on Mars because it is not too far from the sun and has water and oxygen... John Street proudly fathered the current city budget... Twin Peaks managed to stay on the air... the city is going broke, but Center City Philadelphia looks great. Liberty Place and lots of other good looking buildings were opened. Lots of others got much needed facelifts or restorations... Barbara Hafer got trounced.
Things to look for in 1991: 3 letters will get added to my name... the Philadelphia mayoral race. Candidates keep popping out of the woodwork and many of them look quite good. I was terrified that it would Blackwell vs. Rizzo. It's surprising that so many people are anxious to captain what seems to be a sinking ship. The entire City Council is up for grabs too... reconstruc- tion of the City Hall observation deck and courtyard... a Johnny Marr/Barney Sumner album and a new REM album.
Let's hope for peace, until January 15th and beyond.
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Last updated on 18 January 1998.
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