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Article: CITY DESK
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- Boise Weekly
- Article date:
- December 3, 2008
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'TIS THE SEASON
It's that time of year again, the season when all pretenses of the separation of church and state are thrown out the window. Yes, it's treelighting time, Christmas tree lighting time, that is. The time of year when our path through the Grove is blocked by a towering, rootless conifer, lit up by Mayor Dave and his family. The time of year when Butch and First Lady Otter spend their evening flipping the switch on the poor, actual tree outside his temporary offices and doling out free Starbucks and kids' books to all comers.
Here at citydesk, where not all of us celebrate Christmas, we'll just ignore the dire constitutional questions raised by this annual practice for another ...