Buttigieg Calling?

It’s important to clear the air about something here and now: I did not hold a fundraiser for Democratic presidential hopeful Pete Buttigieg in my home.
That’s what you might think from the report from KIRO 7 (a Washington state-based network affiliate of CBS) that “people gathered at the home of Jeremy Lott ... to hear Buttigieg talk about his candidacy for president.”
It occurred in the middle of December. Not just anyone could walk in this Jeremy Lott’s door. “Tickets cost $500 to $2,800. And those who spent $2,800 got access to a private meet and greet,” reported KIRO.
I can’t imagine anyone paying that kind of cheddar to walk through my front door. But, in any event, it should be stressed that this did not happen. A whole other Jeremy Lott, one who also lives in Washington state, held the fundraiser for the Indiana politician.
I live in Lynden, Washington, a small Dutch town near the Canadian border. When candidate Donald Trump was barred from speaking at Seattle’s Boeing Field, he ended up here instead. A huge crowd packed out the local fairgrounds to hear what he had to say.
This other Jeremy Lott lives in the Seattle bedroom community of Mercer Island, where Trump would have gotten a frostier reception. This Lott is “the president of an apparel importing business,” explains KIRO.
That business is the SanMar Corporation. It was founded by a Marty Lott in 1971. He “distribut[ed] t-shirts from his parents’ basement in Seattle” starting out, the company’s website tells us. His son Jeremy is president and another son, Jordan, has a role. And none of these Lotts, so far as I know, are even distant relations.
SanMar imports all kinds of clothing and accessories, including t-shirts, polos, fleeces, dress shirts, backpacks, and golf bags. The shifting images on their website currently advertise “new arrivals”; “the 100% recycled fabric, never dyed re-tee”; and the opportunity to “S-T-R-E-T-C-H your style options” with women’s shirts (though, curiously, ...