The town
of Oriental has taken a new step in its efforts to promote the
positive aspects of the sailing village. A well placed source
told TownDock.net, "We realized the need for a public relations
professional. Someone who really knows how to handle the press."
One such
professional who caught the town's eye was Mohammed Saeed al-Sahaf,
the former Iraqi Information Minister. "It wasn't his fault
that his Iraq position was eliminated" said a town official.
"They were doing extensive layoffs."
Sahaf ("call
me Mo" he told reporters) started his first day on Thursday,
and wasted little time in addressing public relations concerns.
Wearing the newly designed Oriental Information Ministry beret,
"Mo" brought Pamlico's extensive media entourage down
to the harbor near the Town Dock.
Next we
followed "Mo" out of Oriental and about half way down
Straight Road. Information Minister Sahaf stopped us next to
a swampy area, where a local man was already at work.
M.
Sahaf's final news conference of the day was on Oriental's drinking
water. At a podium near the water tower Sahaf proclaimed "It
is delicious. The white wine of the Neuse. The mother of all
mother's milk! Filters are for cowards!"
