20060620 KDDC Pat Warren fails to come through with Food at Public hearing

Pat Warren fails to come through with Food at Public hearing

I had the pleasure of sitting next to Pat Warren at the press table, for part of Tuesday evening’s public hearing on the Maryland General Assembly’s attempt to mitigate electricity rates, June 20, 2006 from 3 p.m. until 9:15 p.m. in the Governor’s Reception Room in the Maryland State House.

It may silly to say, considering that it was, after-all, a six hour hearing, but it was a long hearing.

Ms. Warren, who has been with WJZ, Channel 13 in Baltimore, since 1993, was her usual very serious self, and very focused on listening intently to all 59 folks who testified at the hearing.

As all the lights for all the television cameras bore on, the room got hot...

As the afternoon gave way to the evening and way past the dinner hour, my thoughts, of course, turned to food.

Knowing that Ms. Warren’s WJZ web site bio explains that for her, an ideal job would be a “cruise ship director,” that she likes to cook, and that her favorite food is “edible” - - I figured that she would be up for some tension-relieving, good natured ribbing.

Soooo, I suggested that she get food for all the press corps. That got a good natured rise out of her and I continued to ask for her food for the balance of the evening.

She was a great sport, but nevertheless, did not come through with food, even after I called Mike Schuh for back-up. He wasn’t available, but the above picture was taken in the middle of me razing her over food at a break in the action at the hearing.

Hey Mike, where were you when I needed ya?

Pat, you were fun. Keep up the great work. Next time, bring food.

Kevin Dayhoff writes from Westminster Maryland USA.

E-mail him at: kdayhoff@carr.org

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