Last week's FTBB post served up a beer and politics cocktail courtesy of Facebook.  In the post you were introduced to Ward III councilman from Aurora, CO, Larry Beer.  Also buried within the post was a fleeting mention of Sigrid Beer, who had a Facebook page supporting her candidacy for Burgermeisterin - essentially the mayor - of Paderborn, Germany.

Hours after the post hit the blog, we received a comment from Sigrid's daughter, Kristina, who was delighted to see that we had mentioned her "mum."  Kristina also noted that the election was to be held on Sunday, August 30.

Sigrid, whose current political office title translates to "member of the federal state parliament, and spokeswoman for education, petitions, and church politics" (It's been 25 years since I last took college German, so please feel free to offer a better translation) was a candidate on the Bündnis 90/Die Greünen, or Green Party ticket.

Well, the results are in and unfortunately, Sigrid did not win.  However, in an email received the day after the election, she was incredibly upbeat and optimistic about the outcome.

"It's a beautiful morning!  I'm happy and proud.  It is the best result for a Green candidate we ever had, with 13.5%.  That's a very good increase in votes, compared with the last elections - 7.2% in 2004."

I'm sure that Paderborn has not heard the last from Sigrid.  And neither have you.  That's because she has offered to send some of the town's Paderborner Pilsener for Rob and me to review. Those results will be coming your way soon.