Buttons on sale

I know at least one ardent First Night supporter who has a button - Mayor Menino.  He bought it yesterday at Shaw's (that' right, even the Mayor's not on the guest list for First Night, because he KNOWS how much we need that button revenue.  There were lots of TV cameras there, so you might have seen coverage on WBZ-TV (our television sponsor) or channels 5, 7, 25 and Univision.  You may have also heard me on WBUR or WBZ-TV, as I had my usual day-after-Thanksgiving 15 minutes of fame yesterday.  (Here's the WBZ radio segment: http://wbz.com/topic/play_window.php?audioType=Episode&audioId=3132617).

There's also a great article by Brian MacQuarrie in today's Boston Globe about the state of First Night in the midst of this economic downturn we are in. You can see that here: http://www.boston.com/news/local/massachusetts/articles/2008/11/29/first_night_organizers_working_at_full_speed/.