Last Saturday night, pregaming for KEYT-TV’s congressional debate began at 6:30 p.m.
Three miles across town, thousands of Katy Perry fans streamed into the Santa Barbara Bowl for her big concert. At the TV station, meanwhile, a few political aficionados tucked into the special order, four-foot-long subs from Sam’s To Go, deliciously leaking grease through white butcher paper, which News Director Jim Lemon sliced up on the conference room table.
Determined not to miss the #27 (Avocado, Turkey Bacon & Cheese), a journalistic veteran of such affairs arrived promptly at 6:29 for an 8 p.m. kickoff.