You know, being the mayor of a major city is not all it’s cracked up to be.
And it’s true.
Think about the last time any big city mayor got elected to any higher office.
I can’t name one.
To run a city government means getting down and dirty on a daily basis.
Cutting deals with the worst sorts of people.
It’s about dealing in favors and nepotism and outright payoffs if you’re going to get anything done.
All that getting down in the mud leaves a permanent stink on your career.
And if you don’t make those deals, you won’t last a week in the job.
Your days of getting elected to any other office are over once you win the mayoralty.
From Ray Flynn, who was no stranger to closing time at certain area pubs.
The mayor’s office has insisted they did not use taxpayer money for the event.
However, the party did use city resources, because it was held at the city-owned Parkman House.
To be fair to Her Honor, her office did, in fact, issue an apology.
For accidentally inviting the white people in the first place:
I want to make this clear as crystal.
In no way is this pale Boston Irishman offended in the least by the Mayor disinviting her white colleagues.
Nor would I be if I was one of them.
There are Work Holiday Parties and then there are WORK Holiday Parties.
Those are the ones where you have to dress up.
Be on your best behavior.
A political work party has to be a thousand times worse.
But can we really blame the mayor’s office?
I mean, the holidays are, to coin a phrase, the Most Wonderful Time of the Year.
Who wants to spend it with whitey?
Standing around listening to Christmas songs from Paul McCartney, Hall & Oates, Michael Buble' and whoever.
Or God forbid, “Do They Know it’s Christmas?”
Eating little those mini sandwiches with the thin slice of cucumber on top.
Talking about how good theFrasierreboot is.
It’d be likeAngela’s “A Nutcracker Christmas"party on Human Growth Hormones.
We suck to be around.
Especially during holiday time.
And anyone who got to avoid that got the best gift they’ll receive this year.
To repeat, I’m not offended.
That’s how I teach people a lesson about what happens when they snub me.
So I never have to get invited to another shitty holiday party ever again.
I wouldn’t go to any party that would have someone like me on the guest list.
