Wednesday, December 03, 2008

Mark your calendar

In central Alabama's Perry County, government workers already get a day off for President's Day, Martin Luther King Day, and Veteran's Day. In 2009, they'll get one more: "Barack Obama Day."

The rural county, which overwhelmingly supported Obama in last month's presidential election, has approved the second Monday in November as "The Barack Obama Day." Commissioners passed a measure that would close county offices for the new annual holiday and its roughly 40 workers will get a paid day off.

- AP/azcentral (link here)

1 comment:

Mark said...

I would be willing to bet that no one ever notices the "work" that didn't get done that day.

Might as well give them the entire month off, for all the difference it will make.