counting flowers on the wall

that don't bother me at all..smoking cigarettes and watching Capt Kangaroo...

well, there it was..the Santa Barbara City Council Meeting of the Year..perhaps of the decade..perhaps of all time!! it was awesome!! over a fast food restaurant!! way to Go Frank and Randy!!! way to waste everyone's time!!

Mayor Schneider started off with the ground rules and Frank Hotchkiss nervously gave a long rambling opening statement about what the ABR should be..to him...in his mind...then Randy Rowse gave his statement..about 15 seconds worth...Randy Rowse looks alot like Capt. Kangaroo and this was a Kangaroo Court..a public lynching of a gay guy on the ABR....for political reasons..it was pathetic...patriarchal homophobic nonsense

then Dale Francisco gave his lecture..his trademark long lecture and frankly I think Dale is gay..he looks so oddly trans- eyebrowy that my only conclusion is he's gay as a Chick Fil A..that is my opinion so relax...but anyway Dale goes on and on and on and on..he wants Blue Ribbon committees to keep ARB members honest..he wants this and that...more layers of fat so finally Mayor Schneider cuts him off..then councilmember Cathy Murillo says Dale missed the part about Christian Dan Cathy giving money to hate groups then a few audience members start booing then Murillo says "I will not be heckled!"..then the mayor tells everyone to shut up or she'll recess the meeting..

then public comment starts and Mr. Wimpy steps up looking all drunk, skinny and scraggly and starts ranting about how he marched in Selma and protested Vietnam but wants "those people" the gays to stop complaining about discrimination...he calls them cowards and then he mumbles something about a raid at the Republican headquarters before stumbling off....the dude is delusional..and he used to represent the Rupublican Party???

then a few chicken lovers came up and supported chick fil a and wanted the ARB members removed...then some gay folks came up and really shot thru the bullshit..this is all politics and Frank and Randy should be ashamed of themselves for rushing to judgement on the issue..the issue being some folks on the ABR abstained from a vote on Chick Fil A and that's their right....and now we are having a public hearing to flog them???

but the Mayor said why not bring everyone who has abstained on a committee before the council...and even Frank Hotchkiss abstained once as a council member...why just focus on this incident?? Frank  and Randy had no answer...and the vote was 4 to 3 to keep the ABR intact...

in the end, Rowse and Hotchkiss looked lost and stupid ..like a couple of old cranks who were way too eager to shoot first and ask questions later...I think this little sideshow will end their political careers...

so as usual the volunteers on these boards get crap for doing their jobs...it's a thankless job but if you removed the ARB, all that review work falls on the city staff and city council..so they'd have to hire more people and PAY them....

Frank and Randy need to do some volunteer work as a punishment for their political stunt....let them see first hand what time and effort it takes to work for nothing.....because something higher called someone into volunteering....let them see first hand and maybe next time they won't be so quick to waste taxpayer time and money...