Orlando Mayor Buddy Dyer cannot possibly be as dense as he seems, can he?
Just moments ago, he stood in front of City Hall and thanked Channel 6 for helping light up his tree. He also thanked some comedy team named "Doc 'n'Johnny" before throwing the switch in what looked like a home circuit box.
There were no o-o-o's or ah-h-h's...and no coverage from any of the other two news stations. (Fox 35 doesn't count...not because they are a Fox affiliate, but because they were showing "King of the Hill".)
If you were watching channels 2 or 9, you missed the whole thing.
Not that there was much to miss...the channel 6 crew went from the multi handed switch throw to an already lit tree.
I suspect that even the Public Relations Department at the University of Florida (yes, you can get a degree in PR from UF) would know that you don't alienate 75% of your town's media when staging a media event.
If he's lucky, the Sentinel will put a big color photo on page one above the fold, rather than a cropped black and white on page three of the Life and Times section.
Actually, considering he's already been removed from office and reinstated in the past year, been the subject of protests from his own police department and was nearly defeated by a novice candidate with a
thick Irish accent, Mayor Buddy is probably just lucky enough.
Still pretty dense, though.
