King Midas Meets Congressional Wannabe Sam Bennett

I'll call him Midas.

Midas was a wealthy man. Everything he touched turned to gold. He had made oodles of money in Lehigh Valley's competitive business world, but had always yearned to be a craftsman, the artiste.

In his twilight years, that's exactly what he did. He was very proud of his work, too. But what would others think? He decided to find out, as an artisan, in Allentown's annual Mayfair festival. He bought himself a fancy little tent and set up shop.

As it turns out, the filthy little bastard was a smashing success at that, too. Doesn't it make you sick? Dollar bills trailed from his pockets when Mayfair was over.

Not long after that, Midas got a frantic call from Mayfair's executive director. Her name was Sam Bennett. She wanted him to come to her house and perform a household chore. He declined. She insisted. He still demurred.

About six months later, when he applied to participate in Mayfair again, exec director Sam Bennett wrote to tell him his work was just not up to Mayfair standards, and rejected him.

If this is the way she operated at Mayfair, imagine what damage she could do in Congress!