Because here in the People’s Republic we don’t have bigger issues to worry about than whether or not Michelle Obama can drive down a road without hitting a pothole.
RICHMOND — It was mission accomplished yesterday for the governor and local administrators as first lady Michelle Obama enjoyed a velvet-smooth ride to a luxe fundraiser at Gov. Deval Patrick’s 77-acre palatial estate in this sleepy, leafy Berkshires burg, a Herald Truth Squad review found.
The five-car motorcade chauffeuring the first lady to a $20,000-a-seat fundraising dinner at Patrick’s Sweet P Farm encountered hardly a bump on the 11.2 mile trip from Pittsfield on the once-rough and tumble back roads, the review found.
The silver Chevy Suburban carrying the first lady carved through a swath of mountains and meadows along a two-lane hardtop without so much as a ripple.
Led by a state police cruiser and escorted by at least eight troopers on motorcycles, the VIP caravan was made up of two Chevy SUVs, two Ford vans and a black Ford Explorer.
The Herald reported last month that Patrick’s office personally asked town officials to dispatch road crews to patch up at least five potholes on Furnace Road near his Berkshires manse.
Richmond Town Administrator Matthew Kerwood said yesterday he was proud to work with Patrick “to make sure the first lady’s trip to Richmond — which in our opinion is a one-time event for the first lady of the United States to come to the town of Richmond — to make sure her trip was pleasurable and smooth.”
Most of the rutted patch was actually in neighboring West Stockbridge, but Kerwood pointed out, “We were able to work together with our colleagues in West Stockbridge to make sure it was taken care of.”