I just received this e-mail in response to this cartoon:
Hi, Neal. The Mayor’s office got a big chuckle out of Sunday’s cartoon! However, it inaccurately stated the Mayor’s position on the issue of Harry Potter. To set the record straight, Mayor Beutler will be making a generous personal donation to Lincoln City Libraries at 9:45 a.m. tomorrow at the Eiseley branch, 1530 Superior. He would like to invite you to attend to acknowledge you and your cartoon for inspiring his donation. He will further demonstrate his interesting public persona at that time.
Although some will probably use this as evidence of a secret liberal conspiracy between the cartoonist and Democratic mayor, I do think it’s kind of cool that it inspired him to make a donation. I can’t make it, but I’m curious to see how the mayor’s “interesting public persona” will manifest itself at the appearance…
(and for the record, I’ve never met the guy or spoken a word to him, so if there is a secret liberal conspiracy, it is also secret from me.)
UPDATE!!! I have been informed that I am now known as “He Who Must Not Be Named” at City Hall…
UPDATE UPDATE!! Here’s a copy of the press release for the scrapbook, mom.