Mallory, Dusseldorfing

UPDATE, for all who have wondered: Expenses for Mallory and Childs are being paid for out of the city's economic development budget. City Manager Milton Dohoney has said repeatedly he thinks it's important for city officials to represent the city on economic development trips. Mallory's bodyguard, Scotty Johnson, did not go.

Mayor Mark Mallory's in Germany this week with Economic Development Director Holly Childs and others as part of a Chamber of Commerce business development trip. After Dusseldorf, the group moves on to Munich, where they'll be for the start of Oktoberfest.

Here, he's on a tour of Dusseldorf:



Here, he's signing the Golden Book of Dusseldorf: