The Baltimore Sun Laura Vozzella column: 35 years close to the seat of power.

From: Baltimore Sun (Baltimore, MD) | Date: April 7, 2006 | Copyright information

Byline: Laura Vozzella

Apr. 7--Why say it with flowers when muskrat will more than do? Del. Pauline Menes, a 10-term Democrat from College Park who is retiring at the end of the session, received a muskrat-covered toilet seat the other night at a surprise party thrown by the women's caucus and the House Judiciary Committee. The odd gift was just like the one then-House Speaker Thomas Hunter Lowe had presented to Menes 35 years earlier. This time, the seat was meant t...

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