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By Sherry Hamilton on January 27, 2021
Mathews native Scott Sadler, at left, was able to rub shoulders with four presidents during the 2004 inaugural. Here he applauds as President George W. Bush and First Lady Barbara Bush walk onto the stage.
America witnessed the inauguration of President Joseph R. Biden Jr. and Vice President Kamilah Harris last week. At this time, we look back on some local residents’ brushes with inaugural history.
A bit of luck
A bit of luck had Mathews native Scott Sadler of Alexandria rubbing elbows with four presidents during the 2004 inauguration of President George W. Bush.
Sadler was at that time working as the deputy press secretary for then- Republican Senator John Warner, and he volunteered to be an escort for the ceremony. He was assigned to escort opera singer Denyce Graves, who was performing, and her family from the west lawn of the Capitol building to the holding room where they would wait until they were called to be seated outside. It wa
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THE BUZZ SIXTH TIME’S THE CHARM? After banging at the recall door unsuccessfully five times, conservative drives to oust Democratic Gov. Gavin Newsom may suddenly be getting traction. And that’s because there’s a perfect storm of political developments that could make this latest longshot attempt the one to take very seriously, according to conversations with a host of political insiders on both sides of the aisle.