September 13, 2018. - Several weeks ago, I heard from my friend Bob Kern that our boss at DOJ Tax Division was retiring after 52 years. A retirement party was planned for 9/14 at Main Justice. I got on the list so I’d be allowed into the inner sanctum of the RFK Building, a/k/a Main Justice in our day (1984 - 1989). 2:00 am on the 13th found me wide awake and unable to sleep. I left the house for Pasco at 4:00 am and got to the airport in plenty of time for the 6:00 am flight and to Salt Lake City. At SLC I transferred to another Delta flight to BWI, set to arrive at 3:40 local time. We beat that by a few minutes. It was HUMID!!! I’ve been spoiled by living in the West.
Took a shuttle to the MARC train and a 30 minute ride into Union Station in DC. From there to Arlington to the MarriottCrystal Gateway, where I met up with Bob and Kay Kern (from Vermillion, OH), and Todd Luoma (Sacramento) as well as Dan Houlf (Detroit). We all headed for dinner at McCormick & Schmicks where we met Deb Stefanik and Jerry Brost (Peoria).
We all had a great visit over dinner and drinks, with much reminiscing about the old days and starting our legal careers 34 or so years ago, working under Patrick at CTS Northern.
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