Where's Ernie ????????

Yesterday, WakeCARES filed their lawsuit against WCPSS's unequal provision of educational opportunities for our children. At their press conference, the towns of Apex, Garner and Holly Springs were in attendance to offer support and represent their constituents. I'm sure Ernie had all the best intentions of being there to represent us, but was unavoidably detained by another pressing engagement. I'm wondering what our Mayor could have felt was more important than advocating for Cary citizens, here are a few thoughts on where he might have spent his time:

1. Having brunch with some developers.
2. Getting a pedicure (A mayor needs good feet to stand on the soap-box and tell us how wonderful everything is).
3. Golfing with some developers.
4. At the bank, depositing developers' contributions to his '07 campaign.
5. Having his picture taken again with Martha Stewart as she breaks ground on the next phase of her development .... Priced from the low $400's with good behavior.
6. Packing sunblock and glasses for his beach trip.
7. Working on his '07 acceptance speech.
8. Working on his '07 concession speech (OK, I'm dreaming here).
9. Shopping for obscure public art in Ulaan Bator.
10. [And most likely] Hiding in City Hall and hoping the WakeCARES lawsuit bails him out of the MYR fiasco and redirects all the blame to the BoE instead of his own administration who handed out the building permits and overloaded the schools.