Good Thing He Wasn't Honoring The Fire Marshal

Capitol Currents:

Governor Kitzhaber surrounded himself with advocates, teachers, parents and schoolchildren at the capitol today in an effort to dislodge a pair of education bills that are currently stuck in committee. And when I say "surrounded himself," I mean that he was literally boxed in on every side during the press conference in his ceremonial office.In my five years of covering gubernatorial press conferences at the capitol, I've never seen so many people packed into that room at once. According to the state capitol's Facility Services division, the maximum occupancy for the 770 square foot room should be 37 people. In the photo I snapped during the press conference, I was able to count more than 40 people, and that's just the part of the room I was able to capture in that shot. I'd estimate there were close to 100 people in the room all told. Oh well, at least it wasn't a ceremony honoring the state Fire Marshal.

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