Just when you thought the evening couldn’t get any weirder. And no, we’re joking; there is no fire, at least not that we know of, but everyone has been evacuated out of City Hall until the fire department figures out what’s causing the smoky smell in chambers.

OK, the scare’s over. People are filing back in, but I’m so going home. Hello, Channel 6!

This article appears in December 8 • 2006.

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