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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsSONIA SOTOMAYOR DOES THE BALL DROP....Melissa Ethridge to sing!!!
Who says only tourists go to see the ball drop in Manhattan's Times Square on New Years Eve?
U.S. Supreme Court Associate Justice Sonia Sotomayor, a Bronx native, will be in charge of pressing the button that activates the 60-second descent of the sparkling ball to celebrate the introduction of 2014 in Times Square, organizers announced Sunday.
The justice will usher in the New Year in front of more than 1 million people who will gather in the center of New York City and the 1 billion people who will be watching the event on TV screens around the world, according to the Times Square Alliance, which organizes the yearly show with the help of Countdown Entertainment.
Justice Sotomayor is an inspiration to many, and it is a privilege to welcome her to our celebration to ring in 2014, said Times Square Alliance President Tim Tompkins in a statement. Who better to join us in the Crossroads of the World than one of New Yorks own, he added.
U. S. Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor will take center stage among about 1 million revelers in New York's Times Square to usher in 2014 by pressing the button to lower the countdown ball, organizers said on Dec. 29.
http://usnews.nbcnews.com/_news/2013/12/29/22099603-sotomayor-chosen-to-trigger-ball-drop-in-times-square-on-new-years-eve?lite
msanthrope
(37,549 posts)msanthrope
(37,549 posts)Kath1
(4,309 posts)And since it is still the holiday season, this is still nice....
msanthrope
(37,549 posts)Kath1
(4,309 posts)I remember her performance at the 2008 DNC. Just awesome.
msanthrope
(37,549 posts)Kath1
(4,309 posts)Always seemed to me that her heart is really in the right place!
msanthrope
(37,549 posts)one_voice
(20,043 posts)msanthrope
(37,549 posts)one_voice
(20,043 posts)getting more attention.
Could be I'm missing something. Wouldn't be the first time..lol
Happy New Year!
msanthrope
(37,549 posts)how Sotomayor is fomenting class war, then there would have been a thousand views and several hundred replies.
Democrats needs to learn how to govern, not merely complain.
morningfog
(18,115 posts)sheshe2
(83,927 posts)She is amazing!
Thank you so much for posting this, msanthrope. Perfect woman to usher in the New Year!
Renew Deal
(81,876 posts)Justices aren't politicians and shouldn't be putting themselves into the roles of celebrities.
msanthrope
(37,549 posts)FactBasedLifeform
(55 posts)She's one of our best justices.
msanthrope
(37,549 posts)msanthrope
(37,549 posts)msanthrope
(37,549 posts)Cha
(297,721 posts)Have a Healthy Happy New Year!
http://www.politico.com/story/2013/12/sonia-sotomayor-new-years-eve-times-square-101595.html
msanthrope
(37,549 posts)and professionally....2014 looks better!
SidDithers
(44,228 posts)Sid
Jefferson23
(30,099 posts)Honors, she was there and gave tribute to Martina Arroyo..amazing opera singer.
I like how she is visible in the public eye, engaged as she is..it's wonderful.
K&R