20 Year Service Award

Some of our readers asked if we ever received anything tangible as reward for our twenty years of public service. The short answer is yes; both Paul and I received a sandwich and a plaque in separate ceremonies -- mine in 2000, and his in 2001. While some might think this pretty skimpy, we tend to put it into perspective: many of our peers during these two decades had their homes bombed, reputations soiled, livelihoods ruined, or lives taken; compared to them we came out pretty well.