<http://www.mirror.co.uk/printable_version.cfm?method=printable_version_mirror&objectid=14253448&siteid=50143> ID PASS? BUT I AM MAYOR.. By Geoffrey Lakeman SELF-important mayor Anne Rey refused to open a police conference in her town - because she had to wear a security pass. Home Secretary David Blunkett will wear official ID at the meeting in Bournemouth, Dorset. But councillor Rey was "insulted" when asked for a passport photo for her pass, and said wearing her robes should be enough. Clive Chamberlain of the Dorset Police Federation, which is hosting the Police Federation Conference at Bournemouth International Centre, said: "She's being very silly. "The Home Secretary will be wearing a pass and when the Prime Minister comes to conferences he wears a pass too. "I don't know who she thinks she is. Her stance will embarrass the people of Bournemouth." Bournemouth-born Mrs Rey, 47, said: "I'd have thought going in my robes, wearing my chains and going with the mace-bearer would be enough." Deputy mayor David Baldwin, who will wear ID, will open the event. -- ----------------- R. A. Hettinga <mailto: rah@ibuc.com> The Internet Bearer Underwriting Corporation <http://www.ibuc.com/> 44 Farquhar Street, Boston, MA 02131 USA "Several times a week, to enter a TV studio say, or to board a plane, I have to produce a tiny picture of my face." -- Christopher Hitchens