The Follies, Part 1
No report of a New Albany City Council meeting is complete without a recitation of the Follies; it's truly remarkable what you can learn when the council lets down its hair and speaks extemporaneously.
Showing no ill effects from his recent spanking in the Floyd County Democratic Caucus elections, CM Dan Coffey was in fine form and provided his now ritual slap at all those troublesome folk who somehow managed to obtain more than a high school diploma. To be sure, it was a good-natured jab and in the context of the perceived shortcomings of a previous city controller, but one wonders if this obsession with the "over-educated" class is going to be a regular feature of Council meetings.
Lord knows, I never thought of an education as being a liability for a city employee. But maybe that's just me.
CM Steve Price, too, seems to have moved on from his "repudiation-by-proxy" in the recent party voting, and offered up yet another off-the-cuff gem.
Playing to the crowd (remember that about half the audience was from Mr. Price's district) and earnestly expressing his frustration with the deterioration of streets, alleys, lots, and other properties, Price pleaded with the crowd to understand that the City Council was powerless to do anything about it in the face of the power wielded by "the boss of bosses," referring to Mayor Garner.
More than a few were seen to look nervously to see if Tessio and Clemenza from the Corleone Family might be lurking in the wings.
Showing no ill effects from his recent spanking in the Floyd County Democratic Caucus elections, CM Dan Coffey was in fine form and provided his now ritual slap at all those troublesome folk who somehow managed to obtain more than a high school diploma. To be sure, it was a good-natured jab and in the context of the perceived shortcomings of a previous city controller, but one wonders if this obsession with the "over-educated" class is going to be a regular feature of Council meetings.
Lord knows, I never thought of an education as being a liability for a city employee. But maybe that's just me.
CM Steve Price, too, seems to have moved on from his "repudiation-by-proxy" in the recent party voting, and offered up yet another off-the-cuff gem.
Playing to the crowd (remember that about half the audience was from Mr. Price's district) and earnestly expressing his frustration with the deterioration of streets, alleys, lots, and other properties, Price pleaded with the crowd to understand that the City Council was powerless to do anything about it in the face of the power wielded by "the boss of bosses," referring to Mayor Garner.
More than a few were seen to look nervously to see if Tessio and Clemenza from the Corleone Family might be lurking in the wings.
posted by All4Word at 12:36 PM
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Luka Brazzi sleeps with the fishes? ...lol
Here are the 3rd District City Council results from the 2003 primary election:
Steve Price 276 (46%)
Thomas Zoeller 230 (39%)
Dan Riggs 91 (15%)
At the time, I was happy for no other reason than the fact that Tom Zoeller didn't win.
At the time, the Courier's Ben Zion Hershberg offered this quote by the primary (and general election) winner Price:
"'I'm kind of shocked because I'm new at it,' said Price, who owns rental property and a tanning salon in New Albany."
Little did I know that this utterance would set the tone for so many other equally vapid observations on the part of this apparent know-nothing.
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