Lane County Makes George Takei’s Facebook Page

It’s an oldie but a goodie. Lane County’s interesting decision making and the R-G’s headline keeps resurfacing on the internet.

(Click the image to go to Facebook and see it fullsize).

If you’ve been living under a rock (or just not on FB) then George Takei of Star Trek fame and author of Oh Myyy (There Goes the Internet) runs a FB page that posts funny clips, memes, photos and observations to more than 7 million followers.

Yup, Lane County’s circa 2006 error refuses to die and a couple million more just saw it. On that note, don’t forget there is an election next month. Kevin Matthews, Faye Stewart’s challenger in the primary is staging a write-in campaign. That would be him posting merrily on Takei’s Facebook page in the picture above. And yes, Stewart was indeed in office in 2006.

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