If you live in the Detroit area and you still want to go to the inauguration, you still have a chance. U.S. Representative John Conyers is raffling inauguration tickets. You have until 5:00 PM, Friday, January 2, 2009 to enter the drawing.
http://www.freep.com/article/20081230/NEWS15/81230042/1001/rss01
By TODD SPANGLER • FREE PRESS WASHINGTON STAFF • December 30, 2008
WASHINGTON – With his office getting crushed with requests for inaugural tickets, U.S. Rep. John Conyers has decided to give his out via a lottery.
Conyers’ spokeswoman, Karen Morgan, says the Detroit and Washington offices will be taking requests until the close of business – about 5 p.m. – on Friday, Jan. 2, with the winning names to be drawn Saturday. Winners of the inaugural tickets will be notified by phone or email. To date, the Detroit Democrat’s office has received about 2,500 requests from people – mostly in his district – for some 8,000 tickets to see Barack Obama inaugurated Jan. 20 as the first African-American U.S. president. Each congressman gets 190 tickets – and some of Conyers’ are already spoken for – so the office is trying to limit requests to two tickets each, though in some cases more might be awarded. Those interested should call Conyers’ office in Detroit at 313-961-5670, or in Washington at 202-225-5126, to leave their requests. And they should be sure to leave their name, address, email and telephone number, too.
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