Cleaning out my inbox today I came across this, which I saved in order to rant about it:

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE


Aug. 19, 2010

Clerk Brown at Korean Fest

Honorable Dorothy Brown, Clerk of the Circuit Court of Cook County, celebrates Korean Independence day at the 15th Annual Chicago Korean Street Festival….

CLERK DOROTHY BROWN JOINS KOREAN COMMUNITY IN CELEBRATION AT 15TH ANNUAL FESTIVAL

 Chicago –- The Honorable Dorothy Brown, Clerk of the Circuit Court of Cook County, joined the Korean-American community as they celebrated Chicago’s 15th Annual Korean Street Festival….

What’s this “honorable” nonsense, anyway? Brown isn’t the only elected pol who uses this presumptuous, nearly monarchical designation, so I don’t mean to single her out. But come on. The conceit in American is that an elected public official is an employee of the people, not their lord and master who must be honored.