Dear Dawg: We had a school board meeting last night, and six of our seven school board members showed up wearing seersucker suits.  Those six officially reprimanded the other guy. What’s this about?  AM I MISSING SOMETHING?

Dear Am I Missing:  Yes!   You are missing out on NATIONAL SEERSUCKER DAY!  You may have noticed from news reports that many members of Congress donned seersucker yesterday. This tradition was started by Senator Trent Lott of Mississippi in 1996. Senator Lott, intended to “bring a little southern charm to the Capitol.”  The tradition was discontinued in 2012, when members of Congress were fearful that they might be perceived as neglecting the nation’s business in favor of trivial pursuits.

Hold your snarky comments about that.

In any event, the tradition is back.  And apparently your board members have gotten in on the fun.

As to the reprimand, we have to point out that it is null and void.  It was not on the agenda.  So  your six seersucker suited board members may have created a problem for themselves by taking action on an item in violation of the Texas Open Meetings Act.  But we expect it was all in fun, so we hope that your district attorney will look the other way on this one.

DAWG BONE: SECOND THURSDAY OF JUNE IS NATIONAL SEERSUCKER DAY.  CAN NATIONAL POLYESTER DAY BE FAR BEHIND?