Alaska Governor Sean Parnell was unable to attend President Obama's first visit to the state because of an unbreakable prior commitment to deliver a speech at the Associated General Contractors of Alaska Annual Conference in Anchorage. To be fair, it was the "Excellence In Safety Awards Luncheon," and that's something you don't pass up easily.
Mayhaps he was skirting the Nome-Quito leg of the Appalachian Trail.
Once, just once, I'd like to be proud of my governor. Parnell, I had such high hopes for you.
He probably was going to afterward, but got lost on the Bridge to Nowhere.
Maybe my father is on his staff. "You made commitment. Now you need to go."
Dissociated general contractors are much more interesting. He should have waited for that one.