Ua koi nui ʻia nā tikiki no ka ʻaha hoʻolauleʻa ʻo Barack Obama, a ke mākaukau nei ʻo Wakinekona, DC, no ka hoʻonui ʻana i ka mākaʻikaʻi e like me kāna kau mua.
Hōʻike ka Chicago Tribune i kahi koi "ʻike ʻole ʻia" no nā tiketi i nā hanana ʻo Obama's Inauguration Day, i hoʻonohonoho ʻia e nā komite like ʻole. Ua noa nā tikiki, akā ʻaʻole e hāʻawi ʻia a hiki i Ianuali. I kēia manawa, ke aʻo aku nei nā luna i nā mea kūʻai aku e makaʻala i nā scam kūʻai kūʻai tiketi, no ka mea, ʻae wale ʻia nā lālā o Congress e hāʻawi i nā tiketi.
Ua ʻōlelo ʻo Kenneth Edmonds, he waha ʻōlelo no Rep. Jesse Jackson Jr., D-Ill., "ʻAʻohe mea e kahaha. He hōʻike ia o ka manaʻo nui i hoʻokuʻu ʻia e ka Pelekikena Obama.
Wahi a CNN, ʻoiai ʻaʻole manuahi "inā hāʻawi kāu congressman a i ʻole senator i kāu noi," ʻo ke koi nui no ke komo ʻana i ka hoʻolaʻa ʻana ua hoʻāla i "kahi mākeke pūnaewele holomua" no nā tiketi. Ke noi nei nā Brokers a hiki i $20,095.
ʻO ka mea maopopo, ʻo ka hōʻea ʻana o Obama i Wakinekona ua alakaʻi i nā huakaʻi e nānā. Wahi a ka Washington Business Journal, ʻo ka ʻoihana hoʻokipa ma DC "ʻoluʻolu mau i ka hoʻokele waiwai maikaʻi i kēlā me kēia manawa e hoʻolauleʻa ʻia ai kahi pelekikena hou," akā ʻo ka holo mōʻaukala o Obama ua haʻalele i "nā luna mākaʻikaʻi e kali nei i ka hele ʻana i ka pae kiʻekiʻe a me nā hoʻolimalima malihini e hiki ke hoʻonui ʻia ma mua o ka. ʻO ka lā hoʻolaʻa.
He aha e lawe ʻia mai kēia ʻatikala:
- In the meantime, officials are warning consumers to beware of ticket-selling scams, as only members of Congress are permitted to distribute tickets.
- According to CNN, although free “if your congressman or senator grants your request,” the huge demand for entrance to the inauguration has sparked “a thriving online marketplace” for tickets.
- “always enjoys a nice economic jolt any time a new presidency is celebrated,” but Obama's historic run has left “tourism officials anticipating record-level attendance and visitor spending that may extend well beyond Inauguration Day.
