Posted on 03/27/2009 7:32:15 PM PDT by Steelfish
WH Easter Egg Roll hot ticket online Parents peeved as free passes are auctioned off
Jim McElhatton Saturday, March 28, 2009
The hottest free ticket in town is getting expensive.
After the Obama White House distributed passes to the annual Easter Egg Roll online Thursday, six tickets apparently sold on eBay for nearly $1,000, while dozens of ticket seekers posted ads elsewhere offering everything from Redskins seats to a professional photo shoot for a chance to attend the April 13 event.
Leticia Barr said she thought it was a "brilliant idea" when the White House decided to give away tickets to the annual Easter Egg Roll over the Internet. But then she saw that some tickets were being sold through an online auction house - and now she's not so sure.
"Like so many parents in the D.C. area, I thought about camping out in past years. And this year, when I heard they were giving the tickets out online, I was happy they made the move," Ms. Barr said in a phone interview. "But it's unfortunate that people would profit from an event that's supposed to be free and available to the public."
In previous years, people had to stand in line to get tickets. By Thursday evening, tickets were distributed online to people in 41 states, though many parents complained about the ticket distribution site crashing.
Semonti M. Mustaphi, deputy press secretary for first lady Michelle Obama, said Friday that officials were working with online sellers to prevent scalping.
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Thang.
More brilliant than spending trillions of dollars to reduce the deficit?
Incompetence reigns.
This years Easter Egg Roll will have an added twist. Obama will rise from the dead.
Despite Obama’s best efforts, capitalism still manages to emerge right under his nose.
Are you supposed to break the huge ears off the chocolate Easter Barry and eat them first?
Of course!
I guess this is what happens when you have a rock star in the White House.
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