The Gate Opens, But Not For You “ I am a ticket taker, many tickets have I torn” – Song By The Low Anthem Mary Ann, I am the ticket taker This is what I do. The gate opens, but probably not for you, Mary Ann. You’re not the one lucky today. You don’t have a degree from a hyphenated private college. Neither did you intern for a Congressman, or spend that semester in Bologne. Your father has never purchased a Senator, and you’ve never ever been invited to the Governor’s Man