press conference

This morning I stood outdoors with the county executive, the town supervisor, the commissioner of senior services and a group of other folks to tout the fact that the county of erie was presenting some vans to three different senior service departments in various towns.These vans happened to be presented in the Town of Cheektowaga, a town that I represent as a legislator. Generally I don't like to attend press conferences, but today I figured I ought to because I missed the last conference that the county executive called, because of a conflict.I usually stand in the back because I don't like to be called on to speak at these affairs. Today the county executive turned around and called on me to say a few words.Two other people already spoke on the issue. I got up and said something like this:  I remember when I was 18 years old and our mantra was this "wheels are dates." Now, for people in their 60, 70 & 80's, wheels are still dates, but the dates are with doctors, dentists and proctologists. I am glad that we as a county are able to provide this service. I got this snapshot emailed to me this afternoon by the executive's assistant. This evening our family went to a neighborhood restaurant for a fish fry. We had to wait for a table so we stood by the bar and ordered a drink. My son says...dad look. I look on the TV and notice I made the 6 o'clock news. I said to my family, geez, that guy looks familiar. I was already in my dungarees. This is our second night in a row that we supped at a restaurant. It's not a norm for us, but fish frys in Buffalo are somewhat a tradition on Fridays...and our son will be heading back to school on Tuesday, so why not indulge.