A state senator is 'born'

He's never seen a junket he didn't like. He thinks the solution to losing campaigns that spend lavishly is to spend even more lavishly. His favorite resting place in Harrisburg is the Hotel Carpe Diem.

He could be a descendant of real-life Boss Tweed (pictured in the famous Thomas Nast cartoon.)

Meet the fictional state Sen. Seymour Boon, a creation of the Editorial Board (specifically, editorial writer Dave Boyer.)

Sen. Boon arrived on the Harrisburg scene just in time for the pay-raise controversy. So far, his adventures include the following:

Freebies R Us

Harrisburg's inn crowd

Earthquake!

Any relation to persons living or dead (such as this Web geneology that lists a Seymour Boon) is entirely coincidental.

Any similarity to the behavior of actual elected officials in the state capitol, well, that is no coincidence at all.

Watch for the further adventures of Sen. Boon on The Inquirer editorial pages.