This prompted the Secret Service
to call in local law enforcement and the bomb squad. Former State
Treasurer Phil Angelides along with about 120 other guests set to attend the
fundraiser had to wait several hours before being ushered through a neighbor's
backyard to get to the event. Around 9 p.m., the all clear was given by the
bomb squad, and the motorcade carrying Senator Clinton arrived at the event. The $500 to $4600 per person
campaign fundraiser was being held at the home of real estate developer Eleni
Tsakopoulos-Kounalakis and Markos Kounalakis. Clinton attended a
campaign stop in Silicon Valley Thursday, in which she outlined an ambitious
"innovation agenda." An effort she said would create more high-paying
jobs and maintain U.S. dominance in the technology sector.
Thursday, 31 May 2007 23:48
Bizarre Incident Delayed the Sacramento Fund Raising Dinner of Presidential Candidate Hilary Clinton
Last night a bizarre incident delayed the Sacramento
fund raising dinner of Presidential candidate Hilary Clinton while the
Sacramento County bomb squad investigated a coffin brought to the area by
anti-war protestors. Anti-war activists
Virginia and Stephen Pearcy, who
made headlines in February 2005 for hanging an effigy of a soldier on their
Land Park area home, brought a flag draped coffin as a protest against the U.S.
involvement in Iraq. Shortly before 6 p.m. Thursday, the Secret Service
began to conduct a sweep of the area and asked to look inside the coffin.
Pearcy refused, stating that they had no probable cause to do so.
This prompted the Secret Service
to call in local law enforcement and the bomb squad. Former State
Treasurer Phil Angelides along with about 120 other guests set to attend the
fundraiser had to wait several hours before being ushered through a neighbor's
backyard to get to the event. Around 9 p.m., the all clear was given by the
bomb squad, and the motorcade carrying Senator Clinton arrived at the event. The $500 to $4600 per person
campaign fundraiser was being held at the home of real estate developer Eleni
Tsakopoulos-Kounalakis and Markos Kounalakis. Clinton attended a
campaign stop in Silicon Valley Thursday, in which she outlined an ambitious
"innovation agenda." An effort she said would create more high-paying
jobs and maintain U.S. dominance in the technology sector.
