March 18, 2003

Tractor: The Stand-Off Continues

Tractor-Man Dwight Watson shocked observers today when, after 23 hours in the pond, he moved his John Deere tractor about 50 yards.

Otherwise, developments on the Tractor-Man front have been sparse. Interestingly, though, the U.S. Park Police is pursuing a containment policy against Tractor-Man (scroll to the bottom of this story). Frankly, ask a Washington commuter, and he or she will tell you that containment is the kind of policy a country should use against, say, Middle Eastern despots who don't pose an immediate threat. Containment, however, is not the course of action those commuters would recommend for Tractor-Man, who is seriously endangering his second consecutive afternoon rush hour since his appearance in that pond is forcing the closure of Constitution Avenue and a whole pile of numbered streets from 15th to 23rd.

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