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A bet between two championship cities

01/19/2012 By Leave a Comment

Football-fever is in full pitch. Fans all over the country are either crying in their towels or suiting up for the game before The Game. The championship games are this Sunday and the residents of four cities are going crazy. Sports retail stores are selling out of jerseys and many people are signing up for salsa lessons. The most interesting pre-game stories tend to be the bets between city mayors.

The biggest bet appears to be between New York City and San Francisco. Mayor Bloomberg will re-name 49th St., in the heart of Manhattan, 49ers St. if the Giants lose. In return, Mayor Lee will fly Giants flags from a cable car if the 49ers lose.

There is no word on bets from the AFC Championship cities.

Read more at NY DailyNews.com.

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About Eileen Rivera

Eileen was born in The Bronx, to Puerto Rican parents. She grew up thinking the whole world was Latino. Moving to Rockland County in upstate New York taught her it wasn’t. One more move in 1976, brought her to Hudson County, New Jersey where she currently resides. She attended Rutgers-Newark where she majored in Social Work with a minor in Puerto Rican studies. Eileen credits her history professor, Dr. Olga Wagenheim, for the spark and impetus to search out her roots in a pre-computer era. The daughter of a minister, she credits her father for the activism, volunteerism and search for justice that have characterized her adult years.

The mother of two adult daughters, Eileen has worked in the Juvenile Justice system for twenty-eight years. She acts as a liaison between the Juvenile Detention Center and the Juvenile Court.

Writing was something she shared with family. Stories and songs for her children and Christmas tales for the extended family. She now shares her writing with a larger family, the Being Latino family.

Disclaimer: The views and opinions expressed in this article are solely those of the author and should not be understood to be shared by Being Latino, Inc.

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