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Mayor Lee's Inauguration: As Twitter Saw It

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By |January 8, 2012 1:35 p.m. |In Politics

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This morning, City Hall came alive for the swearing in of Ed Lee, the city's first elected Asian mayor and an apparent fan of Beach Blanket Babylon. While more official accounts will obviously be written later in the day, here's a sense of how attendees experienced it via the magic of Twitter.

First of all, the food.

@dolftown
Andrew Dalton City Hall Report: Coffee is surprisingly decent at Ed Lee's coronation. Food is 100% cookie-based though.
Jan 08 via Twitter for iPhone Favorite Retweet Reply

@dolftown
Andrew Dalton Scratch that last food tweet. I found the tiny sandwich station. http://t.co/0geLPwcv
Jan 08 via Photos on iOS Favorite Retweet Reply

Comments on the 'stache:

@jeremys
Jeremy Stoppelman Swearing in of Ed Lee... fear the stache! http://t.co/cZWqvAxX #Yelp
Jan 08 via Yelp Favorite Retweet Reply

What did Hammer think?

@MCHammer
MC HAMMER Beautiful day in the city ... San Francisco inauguration of Mayor Ed Lee hosted by the Honorable Mayor Willie Brown. ..
Jan 08 via Twitter for iPhone Favorite Retweet Reply

@MCHammer
MC HAMMER Inauguration of Mayor Ed Lee 2012 https://t.co/qVgoGphR
Jan 08 via batch Favorite Retweet Reply

Beach Blanket Babylon:

@davidu
David Ulevitch Only in a San Francisco inauguration! Ed Lee invites beach blanket Babylon. http://t.co/WBFcstG2
Jan 08 via Twitter for iPhone Favorite Retweet Reply

Tech world applaud's Mayor Lee's nods to innovation.

@markpinc
mark pincus Listening to mayor ed lee deliver an inspiring inauguration speech about sf being the capital of innovation. Go mayor!
Jan 08 via Twitter for BlackBerry® Favorite Retweet Reply

@codeforamerica
Code for America "we will bring hack culture into city hall with Code for America" - @mayoredlee at his inaugural: http://t.co/djH5y0QI #gov20
Jan 08 via HootSuite Favorite Retweet Reply

@timoreilly
Tim O'Reilly Very good line from @mayoredlee: "We are a city of the 100%" Great reminder that we are all in it together #wearethe100percent
Jan 08 via Twitter for Android Favorite Retweet Reply

@samzaid
Sam Zaid nice. mayor ed lee says we'll have hackathons at city hall! cc @Getaround
Jan 08 via Twitter for iPhone Favorite Retweet Reply

Then the man himself took to Twitter, ostensibly during his own speech.

@mayoredlee
Edwin Lee Tweeting during my inaugural address! Couldn't wait to share great job numbers & improving umemployment rate in SF! http://t.co/2nyKGuyC
Jan 08 via Twitter for BlackBerry® Favorite Retweet Reply

And then, of course, the inevitable Twitter confusion.

@glehel
Glen Hellman Did DC get a new Mayor? "@markpinc: mayor ed lee deliver an inspiring inauguration speech about being the capital of innovation" DCTech
Jan 08 via Twitter for Android Favorite Retweet Reply

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wrote on 01/08/2012 at 8:18 p.m. PST

Sheriff as Twitter saw it? Let's just stick with twit.

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