Those people who requested tickets for the inauguration will be receiving them soon.
Dispatch:
Ohio members of Congress, besieged with far more requests from constituents wanting to attend President-elect Obama’s swearing in ceremony than numbers of tickets allotted to individual lawmakers, are starting to dole out the prized ducats - or at least decide how.....
....Rep.-elect Mary Jo Kilroy, D-Columbus, is collecting today the list of requests made to the office of outgoing Rep. Deborah Pryce, R-Upper Arlington.....
...Kilroy, who will be sworn into her office Jan. 6, about two weeks before the Jan. 20 presidential inauguration, plans to have a public lottery for some of the tickets, but also wants to provide some tickets to Obama campaign volunteers and activists, said Randy Borntrager, who will be Kilroy’s congressional chief of staff.....
It sounds very exciting! I don't remember any previous inaugurations with this much interest. By the way, if you have not already submitted a request for inauguration tickets, you might be out of luck.
*** The Montgomery County Board of Elections will finally look into Jon Husted's residency. If he has a home in the Kettering area, but lives 100% of the time with his family in Upper Arlington, how can he represent the district near Kettering? For further information, check Ohio.com.