9/09/2002
The Washington Post hangs with Janet. Good slice-of-campaign life but like every out-of-state news story, there's the obligatory oh-those-wacky-Floridians color.
"I support you, Miss Reno," says the man with the parrot on his shoulder, rolling his wheelchair through an intersection. So does the 106-year-old lady in Boynton Beach and the Starbucks barista (who writes "Go Janet" on her tall latte), and the shirtless biker with a white straw hat ("Great haircut, Miss Reno!"), the Haitian barber and the guy holding a soaking-wet black Lab puppy by the scruff.
"This lady has reeaal aura," says Ivory Jones, a 46-year-old truck driver with a gift for spontaneous rhyme. He is the kind of down-home eccentric Reno seems to attract -- a particularly rich demographic in Florida. "She dances to her own honest rhythm," Jones declares, "the rhythm of Planet Janet."
"I support you, Miss Reno," says the man with the parrot on his shoulder, rolling his wheelchair through an intersection. So does the 106-year-old lady in Boynton Beach and the Starbucks barista (who writes "Go Janet" on her tall latte), and the shirtless biker with a white straw hat ("Great haircut, Miss Reno!"), the Haitian barber and the guy holding a soaking-wet black Lab puppy by the scruff.
"This lady has reeaal aura," says Ivory Jones, a 46-year-old truck driver with a gift for spontaneous rhyme. He is the kind of down-home eccentric Reno seems to attract -- a particularly rich demographic in Florida. "She dances to her own honest rhythm," Jones declares, "the rhythm of Planet Janet."
