Yes, A Guy Wore His Bathrobe to City Hall

No doubt you've heard about this already, but here's a re-telling anyway....



Cincinnati City Council candidate Sean Holbrook showed up at City Council's economic development committee meeting yesterday wearing a bathrobe - a green plaid bathrobe, specifically, cinched around the waist with a navy necktie. He also wore black socks and black dress shoes.



With him: Jason Haap, aka blogger The Dean of Cincinnati; Justin Jeffre, former member of 98 Degrees, mayoral candidate and activist; and Dave Rothfuss, who wore a straw hat and carried a guitar. Holbrook and Rothfuss signed up to address council on a zoning issue.



But when Holbrook sat down and started talking about something else, chairman Chris Bortz called him out of order because he wasn't speaking about what he said he'd come to speak about. Then Rothfuss sat down and said: "You will probably also be cutting me off, so God Bless America."



They all left council chambers, with officers Sgt. Richard Antwine, who was assigned to chambers, and Scotty Johnson, the mayor's security officer.



The four said later, outside City Hall, that they'd been told by the officers that "it was time for you to go." They took that as being banned from city hall, and wondered how long their banishment was supposed to last.



Holbrook said he was wearing underwear, in case you're wondering what was underneath the green plaid. He and the others wouldn't say what their purpose was, or if they were just trying to find out if someone can speak before council wearing whatever they want.



But Haap wrote on his blog Sunday a post that wondered if one could get an appointment with the mayor if all one had to wear to said appointment was underpants. http://www.cincinnatibeacon.com/