Thomas Jefferson would have been proud

These members of the St. Pat’s Board traveled to Jeff City this week, and security levels were raised all over the capital. Before changing into their street clothes for this photo, the Board Members were all dressed up in their ridiculously fashionable court outfits for a photo with The Governor (who must have been relieved when the crazy misfits finally got out of town). Unfortunately, the picture with Gov. Blunt came out all fuzzy and it doesn’t meet our high standards of excellence. But we did get a transcript of the proclamation The Governor signed and gave to our beloved band of merry pranksters. Check this out:

 

Office of the Governor
State of Missouri
Proclamation

Whereas from this time forth until the seventeenth day of March, two thousand and eight, all people in the state of Missouri are urged to prepare to honor the arrival of Saint Patrick, the patron of engineers, at Rolla, Missouri for the one hundredth time; and

Whereas all of the citizens of Missouri are urged to travel to Rolla to celebrate and to participate in all the festivities with the Saint Pat’s Board, the students of Missouri University of Science and Technology, and the citizens of Rolla, Missouri; and

Whereas Saint Patrick will announce the schedule of events for the days and nights from now until the 17th day of March, 2008:

Now therefore, I, Matt Blunt, Governor of the state of Missouri, do hereby proclaim the honoring of

Saint Patrick
Patron of Engineers

And urge all Missourians to participate in the forthcoming festivities in the great city of Rolla, Missouri.

In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and caused to be affixed the Great Seal of the state of Missouri, in the City of Jefferson, this date…