Whether You Know It Or Not, There's a Huge Blogger Bash Tomorrow...

Tomorrow is a big day at City Hall. The new kids get sworn in and the old get the boot. We say good bye and to Grayeb and (finally!) Morris. I think Morris is a good guy, I don't agree with most of his votes, but I don't think he is Satan either. However, somewhere along the long the line someone told John he was a good public speaker. He isn't. It has been painful.

Anyone want to place bets on how LOOONG Morris' goodbye speech will be? How about how many adjectives Grayeb will fit into his fine farewell? I'll miss Grayeb. I guess I've agreed with his votes about 50% of the time. His speeches were also a bit long winded, but they tended to have more thought behind them. Grayeb's speeches always included the added benefit of having a new word or two added to my vocabulary. I bet Grayeb had some kick ass scores on the verbal section of the SATs.

Who will Gary harass now that John-John is gone? Anyone know the new seating chart? I always wanted to put a hidden mic by Sandberg and Morris. These guys sparred more than anyone during Council debates, they would seem to have very little in common. In fact there were a few occasions I thought for sure Gary would blow and take a swing at John. Nope. Rather, in between votes these two chat and laugh like school girls. What are they talking about?!

I'm going to the swearing in ceremony because afterwards they have free food. Last time they had chocolate covered strawberries. Our tax dollars (I presume) hard at work!

Will the Wonders Ever Cease?

I like to read Leonard Pitt's columns to remind myself why I remain a registered Republican. Ah, but what a wonderful breath of fresh air when the liberals start making sense and embrace conservatism better than any of the proclaimed conservatives.

In regard to the Imus "Nappy Headed Ho" comment/firing-

"...Imus was undone not by government censors, but by market forces. The moral of this story, then, is not that free speech is under siege."

This and it's 80 something degrees in Peoria?! Life is good again.