U Got the Look

The distinguished mayor of Minneapolis, spotted at a recent cultural event:

It was far too hot to don a raspberry beret, but downtown Minneapolis dripped purple Saturday for the "Ultimate Prince Xperience" - from the purple curtains draped along the center aisle at Macy's to Minneapolis Mayor R.T. Rybak's purple and pink Saks Fifth Avenue shirt circa 1987, the last time he saw Prince perform at First Avenue.

I'm no expert in urban studies, but is there a chance there's a correlation between the success of a major urban metropolis and the incidence of having a mayor who's actually an adult?

The implication that he hasn't worn the pink and purple shirt since 1987 needs some fact-checking. Knowing Rybak's style, he has to have worn it more recently than that. But so far I can find no photo evidence to prove it.

There are pictures available from some of his most important public appearances during his tenure as Mayor. For example, at this community meeting at the Ukrainian Event Center a few years back he was wearing a shiny tie, but a conservative blue shirt. And this, while out encouraging young people to become better citizens, it looks like he had a simple dark green t-shirt on. And in this photo with one of his policy advisors, it looks like standard Minneapolis office casual.

Anybody see what he was wearing while he was jumping off floats in the Pride Parade a couple years ago? Don't tell me he's got something else in his wardrobe even more suited for the occasion than his pink and purple Saks Fifth Avenue shirt.

If we can find just one example of Rybak wearing the pink and purple shirt between 1987 and this past Saturday, we can finally expose his web of lies and end his iron-fisted, dictatorial rule once and for all.