Sunday, January 22, 2006

The Motoring Mayor

One of the funny little dramas being played out in Monroe is a debate over whether the new (old) mayor, a guy named Al Cappuccilli, should have the use of a city car. City council will be deciding whether to change a policy that was changed by the old (new) mayor, a guy named John Iacoangeli. Iacoangeli didn't need a car and figured it would be a waste of tax dollars to have constituents pay for his wheels. But Iacoangeli got voted out and to the victor belong the spoils. This shouldn't be mistaken as a matter of sheer greed, though. The Observer has learned that Cappuccilli needs the car because the Bush Administration put him on the No Fly Watch List. That's the list of people the government won't let fly on airplanes because they might be terrorists, could have ties to terrorists, have names that sound like they could be a terrorist or might have read articles about terrorists. About 80,000 Americans are on the No Fly Watch List now -- everyone from grandmothers to four-year-olds. Yeah, it almost sounds like the way they do things in a Middle Eastern dictatorship. BTW, word has it that Mayor Al soon will be equipped with a Dodge Viper. But that's just a rumor. Someone probably heard him saying he thought Iacoangeli was a Viper, who should get outta Dodge.
Do you think Al is greedy or that Iacoangeli should get outta Dodge?

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