Miss Manners: Why did my neighbor embarrass me in front of a mayoral candidate?

A reader asks Miss Manners for advice on how to handle a neighbor who embarrassed them in front of a mayoral candidate.
Your neighbor merely moved up the timeline in a rather inept way.
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