ok so I go to the Carp city council meeting Monday evening...I'm expecting a full council to deal with the ongoing Joe Armendariz issue...the city's options with Joe's ethics slump re his repeated DUIs...they could censure, ask him to resign, send him to rehab, strip him of his committee duties...I get there at 5:15 and start taking pics of pretty girls..damn nice babes tonight... everyone is in good spirits...before the festivites started, a chick from COX explained the switch to 
digital TV which will allow council meetings to be seen in Carp..right now I only get Santa Barbara meetings! so that's good..now we get both..both cities can watch each other!! and the chick who gave the presentation, I'd like to watch her take a bath!
digital TV which will allow council meetings to be seen in Carp..right now I only get Santa Barbara meetings! so that's good..now we get both..both cities can watch each other!! and the chick who gave the presentation, I'd like to watch her take a bath! 
then the council files in...except Joe...he told the media he wouldn't be there tonight...Brad Stein still has a cold but managed a wave..hey Brad! witchy Kathleen Reddington arrived on time..it was a miracle! what is up with the Addams Family hair...there's a Goth thing in Carp I don't know about?
Kathleen's stance on Joe was to coddle and baby him and say this was all just a witch hunt while the guys on the council were running out of patience with Joe's lack of ethics and poor representaion of the city....you can't spin a few DUIs by a councilman as positive for the City of Carp..no way, no how
so we get to public comment and the Hot Dog guy, William Connell, got up and presented a laundry list of Joe's bad behavior...it's getting pretty personal between Bill and Joe so I'll let them duke it out while I expose the hypocrisy of the rightwingers...a few folks defended Joe's DUI and one guy pointed out that Ulysses S Grant was a drunk and so was Ted Kennedy...if that is the best defense for a city councilman's lapse in ethical behavior, then we might as well have no ethics clause in the city charter..and then the guy says he could dig 
up dirt on all the council members...he was a nut!!
apparently there was a rumor going around that Mayor Clark beats his wife! Clark put it to rest and said tongue-in-cheek--"well duh it's not true...if you don't believe me, ask my wife"--- and he provided a phone number...God I hope Joe's little fans haven't gotten so desperate as to start rumors about the other council members...leave that shit for the News-Press!!!
the night was a clinic about alcoholism and drunk driving..some folks spoke about their family issue with drunks and all the damage done...and accepting personal responsibility to change the situation..if you can't or won't as in Joe's case, then the city council will do it for you..and that's what happened..after reviewing their options with the city manager and attorney, the council voted 3-1 to censure Joe, strip him of his committee duties, and ask him to resign..all reasonable acts to counter a most unreasonable act of drunk driving...
up dirt on all the council members...he was a nut!!apparently there was a rumor going around that Mayor Clark beats his wife! Clark put it to rest and said tongue-in-cheek--"well duh it's not true...if you don't believe me, ask my wife"--- and he provided a phone number...God I hope Joe's little fans haven't gotten so desperate as to start rumors about the other council members...leave that shit for the News-Press!!!
the night was a clinic about alcoholism and drunk driving..some folks spoke about their family issue with drunks and all the damage done...and accepting personal responsibility to change the situation..if you can't or won't as in Joe's case, then the city council will do it for you..and that's what happened..after reviewing their options with the city manager and attorney, the council voted 3-1 to censure Joe, strip him of his committee duties, and ask him to resign..all reasonable acts to counter a most unreasonable act of drunk driving...so congrats to the Carp City Council except Kathleen, for dealing with the issue that Joe won't deal with...it wasn't quite a "Code Red" but it was close...you simply need to deal with the weak links..fairly and quickly...in order to resume with the city's business as Mayor Clark eloquently pointed out...
oh..and Joe.. you owe a great big thank-you to Carty, Stein and Clark...for cleaning up your mess
oh..and Joe.. you owe a great big thank-you to Carty, Stein and Clark...for cleaning up your mess
2 comments:
Wonder if Carpinterians would have made such a fuss about Joe's second DUI if Peter Lance hadn't worn out everyone with his ego-driven victim's rant.
Since I'm not up to speed on Carpinteria's "smoke-filled room" politics, what happens if Armendariz resigns and someone is appointed to replace him? Does this tilt the political balance and affect the vote on certain issues? Is this a reason Joe won't go?
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