If you’ve ever wanted to get up-close-and-personal with a former president, here’s your chance: Bill Clinton will be visiting Samuell Grand Park, 6200 E. Grand Ave., today at 1:15 p.m. as part of a get-out-the-early-vote event adjacent to the rec center. Like him or not, how often does a former president show up this close to home? Be forewarned, though: He’s scheduled to be at an event 20 miles away (Mountain View College) at 11:45, and then he’s supposed to be in Grapevine at 2:45 p.m. And given his reputation for being late, and the rather tight schedule, who knows how that’s going to play out .
Tuesday 8 a.m. update: A Back Talker reader just called from downtown to report that Clinton’s motorcade, with motorcycle cops, lots of police cars and the big, black SUV, was seen on Ross near Tucker’s, the restaurant. It’s not often, she said, that you get to see a semi-presidential motorcade.
