What the hell. Who threw the party and didn’t invite me.
George Forbes. That’s who.
George had a going away party for Brent Larkin at Johnny’s downtown last Friday. That’s the place where all the movers and shakers do their moving and shaking. Not much going on, is there?
Around the table with George and Brent were media “stars” Dick Feagler, another recent Plain Dealer retiree, Mike Roberts, former PD city editor and former Cleveland Magazine editor, now a free lance writer and pr representative. Along for some reason, maybe for protection, was Forbes sidekick Powell Caesar, former right-wing columnist for the Sun Press.
Instead of dinner with Andre, it’s lunch with George.
There were lots of laughs from the power group, I’m told.
All invited by Forbes to toast Larkin’s retirement. The former Council President – who surely had bricks thrown at him by several of the attendees at some point – picked up the tab. Some wanted to put him in jail, he didn’t joke.
People passed the table of media/political stars without much attention.
Our day has passed, the luncheon bunch concluded.
They’re right about that.