Can you believe this II?
In case you missed it, there's a letter to the newspaper editor in tonight's Monroe Snooze that's almost as bizarre as all those city-related letters that ran last week.
It's from some woman who's complaining that the Christmas tree lighting ceremony downtown was bungled so badly it's ruined her Christmas and has her kids believing that Damien from The Omen might show up for Christmas instead of St. Nick.
Now I'll be the first to agree that it shouldn't take a mental giant to flip a switch at the appointed time and that somebody in the city either is a dunce or wanted to get home in time for Deal or No Deal.
But if you arrange your life's schedule for something like this, you might as well pack up all your stuff in properly labeled bins and move to Anal City.
Wait! Not yet! I think there's an Obsessive Compulsive Disorder Support Group in town. Check them out. I'm sure they start their meetings right on time.
Anyhow, if the letter isn't nutty enough, there's one of those weird ediitor's notes that has Mayor Al saying yeah we bungled it, but if it means that much to you we'll have the city staff do a reenactment and even let some kid flip the switch.
In the spirit of Christmas, let me say this: JESUS CHRIST, MR. MAYOR, ARE YOU NUTS!
Heck, why don't we just have the city staff go over with some spare lights and decorate this crackpot lady's house for her? I know just where they can put the lighted candlesticks too.
I mean, really, being political and customer-conscious is nice, but sometimes you gotta draw the line. Last time I checked, no where in the city charter does it say if the annual town square Christmas tree lighting is botched, the city is required to do a reenactment to appease the small-minded constituents.
I swear, someone must be paying people to write letters like this just so my blood will boil and I'll keel over and die.
If the mayor makes good on his offer in the paper, I will personally launch a recall campaign against him.
After all, everyone in politics knows you're damned if you do and you're damned if you don't.
Now excuse me while I go do some deep breathing.
It's from some woman who's complaining that the Christmas tree lighting ceremony downtown was bungled so badly it's ruined her Christmas and has her kids believing that Damien from The Omen might show up for Christmas instead of St. Nick.
Now I'll be the first to agree that it shouldn't take a mental giant to flip a switch at the appointed time and that somebody in the city either is a dunce or wanted to get home in time for Deal or No Deal.
But if you arrange your life's schedule for something like this, you might as well pack up all your stuff in properly labeled bins and move to Anal City.
Wait! Not yet! I think there's an Obsessive Compulsive Disorder Support Group in town. Check them out. I'm sure they start their meetings right on time.
Anyhow, if the letter isn't nutty enough, there's one of those weird ediitor's notes that has Mayor Al saying yeah we bungled it, but if it means that much to you we'll have the city staff do a reenactment and even let some kid flip the switch.
In the spirit of Christmas, let me say this: JESUS CHRIST, MR. MAYOR, ARE YOU NUTS!
Heck, why don't we just have the city staff go over with some spare lights and decorate this crackpot lady's house for her? I know just where they can put the lighted candlesticks too.
I mean, really, being political and customer-conscious is nice, but sometimes you gotta draw the line. Last time I checked, no where in the city charter does it say if the annual town square Christmas tree lighting is botched, the city is required to do a reenactment to appease the small-minded constituents.
I swear, someone must be paying people to write letters like this just so my blood will boil and I'll keel over and die.
If the mayor makes good on his offer in the paper, I will personally launch a recall campaign against him.
After all, everyone in politics knows you're damned if you do and you're damned if you don't.
Now excuse me while I go do some deep breathing.
posted by The Observer at 11/29/2006 10:45:00 AM
3 Comments:
There's alot of talk about the City Council meeting Monday. It seems that there is some controversy over the United Furniture Building. Any insight?
This one's all over the map. My first guess is that the present council doesn't have the time or money to develop the United building. The added incentive to do nothing with it is that the idea was spawned by Mayor Iko's administration. There seems to be a trend to stall or undo everything Iko started. What's strange is that Ken Calender suddenly is interested in this building, considering the scads of available real estate downtown that is equally close to his Elm Ave. home. If you've ever driven by his trucking company in Carleton, the first question is where are his employees going to park downtown. Maybe he'd only buy the United building if the city guarantees it'll put up a parking structure. The second question is why would that piece of property sit so long on the market then suddenly becomes interesting once the city takes ownership. I have no insights whatsoever on what's really going on here except to bet that the library project there won't happen soon if at all.
Maybe someone should call Ken Calendar and ask him if he is doing this simply for the destruction of another one of John Iacoangeli's money spending sprees, or is it because he is a businessman who is looking out for his own welfare. I would guess that he could not care a less about our former money monger mayor. He may be interested in a project simply because he likes to renovate run down landmarks, like he did on his house, which by the way is remarkable, and sparing no expense. The City certainly could use the tax revenue, and the downtown could use the added employees walking around, shopping or dining, and quite possibly living downtown. I don't believe that the parking deck will happen anytime soon either, unless the County pushes for it and increases their investment in the project.
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