Journalists don't eat at the catered, taxpayer-funded lunch, but they do sit. The lunch meeting can go on and on.
Dixon's staff said the chairs were removed to make room for television cameras. None showed up that day. And when TV does show, cameras get set up at one end of the room where there are no seats. The mayor's staff had removed the chairs that usually line another wall.
The Baltimore Sun's Annie Linskey was the first journalist to arrive, and she asked for a chair. Mayoral spokesman Scott Peterson said no. Linskey pointed out her 2 1/2 -inch heels. Peterson was unmoved. But Councilwoman Mary Pat Clarke was, even though she's a sensible-shoes gal.
