Last year, my wife and I went to see Parliment Funkadelic at a local venue. Much to our surprise, the Columbus Mayor, Michael Coleman was in attendance! He actually introduced the band and said what an honor it was to talk with George Clinton backstage. Later on, I noticed the Mayor in the balcony grooving out to the sounds of the Mothership. I was pretty damned impressed that the Mayor of a major metropolis knows how to get down, because man, if you can get down with PFunk, you know what’s up.
Fast forward to today whilst eating breakfast downtown I ran into Mayor Coleman. We just happened to be standing in line next to each other. He was smiling and saying hello to others when I asked him if he was going to see PFunk in February when the stop at the OSU campus. His expression changed immediately, he looked over to me and said ‘When are they coming to town?’. He said that he would definately try to make it. He pulled out his Treo like he was going to make a note of it. He told me and my wife that he has a picture of Bill Clinton and George Clinton hanging in his office!
It’s funny that people were taking pictures of him and shaking hands and I just ask if he’s going to PFunk like one of my buddies. A little personal moment with the Mayor ;)
Wow; quite a nice welcome-to-town. Congrats!