FYI DougR,

The tickets were apparently sold in blocks to the various union groups and committees, who regarded it as just another contribution and apparently just handed over the money and stuck the tickets in the back of a drawer--Our singer had high hopes of getting a patronage job as as streetcleaner when the Democratic Mayoral candidate won--he didn't, amusingly enough, the incumbant was a close friend of our family, though I never mentioned it to the band--