UPDATE: (even though this is off the "recent" list now) Channel 11 in Grand Junction has been able to inform the White House that many of the ticket winners have no phone or email so the apparently the White House is looking for alternative means of notifying people.
Here in Western Colorado a lot of us have been waiting to hear from the White House whether or not we got tickets in the lottery to see Barack in Grand Junction's Town Hall tomorrow. The main cable/internet/phone provider here is Bresnan, a very right-wing company. Last evening about 8:00pm their phone and email service went down (an extremely rare event). TV and internet service is fine but without email or phone many of us are cut off, incommunicado as it were.
This news item appeared on the local wing-nut friendly TV station: KJCT News 8
One quote from the news item:
Many viewers were concerned because they are waiting for calls and emails on whether or not they were picked to attend President Obama's town hall Saturday.
Just a coincidence or deliberate sabatoge of the White House's effort to have a free and fair lottery to let folks in? There is craziness in Grand Junction about Barack's visit, wingnutty craziness. At least 3 separate protest events will occur all day Saturday. All those protests plan to converge outside of the venue where the Town Hall will be held at about the time Barack arrives.
The local TV stations are touting the protests and giving detailed info on where/when they convene.
I just want to know if I got a ticket to get inside.