Afunwa kakhulu amathikithi omcimbi wokugcotshwa kukaBarack Obama, kanti iWashington, DC, ibheke ukudlondlobala kwezokuvakasha okuhambisana nehlandla lakhe lokuqala.
I-Chicago Tribune ibika ngesidingo “esingakaze sibe khona ngaphambili” samathikithi emicimbi yoSuku Lokugcotshwa kuka-Obama, ehlelwa amakomiti ahlukahlukene. Amathikithi amahhala, kodwa ngeke ahoxiswe kuze kube uJanuwari. Okwamanje, izikhulu zixwayisa abathengi ukuthi baqaphele imikhonyovu yokudayisa amathikithi, njengoba amalungu eCongress kuphela avunyelwe ukusabalalisa amathikithi.
U-Kenneth Edmonds, umkhulumeli we-Rep. Jesse Jackson Jr., D-Ill., uthe, “Akekho okufanele amangale. Kuyinkomba yesasasa elimangalisayo elivezwe nguMengameli Obama.”
Ngokusho kwe-CNN, nakuba kumahhala “uma ukhongolose noma isigele sakho sivuma isicelo sakho,” isidingo esikhulu sokungena ekugcotshweni sivuse “imakethe echumayo eku-inthanethi” yamathikithi. Abathengi sebevele becela kufika ku-$20,095.
Ngokusobala, ukufika kuka-Obama eWashington kwenze abahambi baqaphela. Ngokusho kweWashington Business Journal, umkhakha wezokuvakasha e-DC “uhlala ujabulela ukunyakaziswa okuhle kwezomnotho noma nini lapho kugujwa isikhundla sikamongameli omusha,” kodwa umjaho ongokomlando ka-Obama ushiye “izikhulu zezokuvakasha zilindele ukuba khona kwezinga eliphezulu kanye nokusetshenziswa kwemali kwezivakashi okungase kudlulele ngale. Usuku Lokugcotshwa.”
LOKHO ONGAKUTHATHE KULESI SIHLOKO:
- 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.
