So I was doing some research on past properties we have owned and a name search brought up a newspaper called the Washington wire and they have some quotes from Jake about when he worked the Democratic national convention. Not the best writing but it was really funny you can read it here:
Lakewood Police Agent Jake Bowden had one word for his convention experience:
“Painful.”
The five-year veteran, from a mountain town just west of Denver, pulled 15-hour days all week. And while some of his buddies got to meet the Clintons and Obamas, Bowden was working security outside the media pavilions.
“I saw the media personalities,” he offered. He didn’t sound enthusiastic.
All the standing has put Bowden in a world of lower back pain, leading him to joke that he’ll be spending his overtime pay – he expects his check for this week to be triple his normal take-home – on medical care.
[Democratic Convention]But despite his frustrations, Bowden said it’s been a good week, mostly because it could have been a lot worse. “I thought people would be a little more grumpy because of the heat,” he said. “But everyone’s behaved themselves. Even the rioters.”
Just then, one of his fellow officers – resting in the shade of a tunnel under Invesco Field—looked through an open gate at the stadium’s giant TV screens. “Hey!” he called. “Is that Al Gore?”
Sure enough, it was the former vice president, larger than life on the jumbo-tron as he performed mic checks on the podium. Bowden looked interested for a moment. Then he went back to sipping his energy drink, hydrating for the long day ahead.
Wednesday, December 3, 2008
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HOW FUN! ;-) Now I can say I know someone famous! It is kinda cool. A neat thing to keep in a scrapbook or something.
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