And now, for something completely different... an extremely rude message from our publisher Recall elections? What the hell good would that do? Have you all lost your fucking minds? That would still leave an incredibly inept and corrupt staff in place, who would be free to stab the next batch of elected officials -- John Patten, 02/06/09 --jpatten@veniceflorida.com
Recall elections? The hell with recall elections -- Vicki whatever-her-last-name-is-this-week proposed that idea, one for which she will probably be lynched. The problem is that her idea fixes nothing -- it would still leave an incredibly corrupt and/or inept staff in place, a problem that ex-city manager Marty Black's PRIDE program created and that no city official wants to address.
We're on our own here, folks -- law enforcement will never step in. There are two solutions -- we can take the law into our own hands and burn down city hall (not recommended), or we can disband the city -- UNINCORPORATE -- and allow the county to take over.
I'm all for it.
Just play the fucking video.
John Patten is the editor and publisher of Venice Florida! dot com and had previously worked in broadcasting for over 12 years. He can also be incredibly rude at times.
