Happy Holidaze

Christmas is here again. Another mad grab for the retail sector. When did high price electronics and crap become the norm? My nephew asked me for a mini-fridge for his bedroom. WTF is that for? To hide his soda from his bother? The thing doesn't have a padlock so he's out of luck on that end. It does however come with a $80 price tag. I told my sis it wasn't happening, but she persisted. " Its on his list!" She kept saying, over and over. Since when do you get everything on your list? I asked for world peace a few years back and never got it. I've been duped!! Bottom line is, the little guys not getting an $80 gift from me, no matter if its on his list or not. I'm a little put out that sis would even expect me to buy that thing, we're not THAT close! This seems to be the wave of the future for baby-boomers. Spend what you don't have on shit that you don't need. What happened to the frugality of our parents, only one generation ago? Spend, spend, spend. That could be our new City of Bangor mission statement as well.

Speaking of the City, I managed to catch Ed Barretts last Council meeting on TV. Do the Councilors realize that they are on TV? I've never seen such a lack of professionalism from some of these losers. Pat Blanchette would not even look at Ed during her good-bye speech. Dave Neally said 2 words, and Gerry Palmer wouldn't even clap at the end. Sue Hawes and Pat were having a little conversation of there own during most of the "farewell" speeches, and were constantly rolling their eyes. This is disgraceful and downright RUDE. These are the same people crafting a new direction for the City? The crazy thing is, these folks have all served multiple terms on the Council, but now have new ideas? Sure you do.......

So Long, Good Luck, and Goodbye

Sorry Ed, that's all I can say. If you haven't heard, or live in a cave, Ed Barret was tapped for the Lewiston City Managers position yesterday. He'll be starting on 1/11/10 so he's probably packing up the office as I write this. 22 years in an office you can accumulate a lot of stuff. He's probably got some old crayon drawings from the kids he's been there for so long. The real sad part is he's moving to Lewiston. I wouldn't send Osama Bin Laden to Lewiston. Its a hell hole far worse than the caves of Tora Bora. Maybe Ed can help them become a cleaner, friendlier city. I doubt it, but he'll give it his best, you can rest assured on that. So the next big question is who will take the reins of the City for the next 6 months? I'm sure the Council has someone in mind that will march in step with them on the issues (insert-support new arena idea- here). Maybe our big blow hard former Mayor Palmer wants the nod. LOL!!! The pays pretty good for these parts, so everyone will want in on that job. How about Jim Kotredes? He's not doing much these days. He's got a ton of built-in baggage, so you wont really need a reason to fire him either. Just go back in the closet and drag up the old news again when its convenient for you. I'm kidding of course, but you have to believe that the Councils reputation just hopped on Aliegent Air and is headed to Florida for the winter. To think that Hal Wheeler was expressing his concerns about the City's integrity just a few months ago. Don't worry Hal, the City has no integrity left to concern yourself with.

Jim Elmore has shown that he has the stones to call a spade a spade. He set up shop across from Bagel Central for anyone who want to sign the recall petition. They'll be open Mon-Sat 1pm-6pm so head down and sign. If yesterdays poll in the BDN is any indicator, he wont have trouble getting the 2500 or so signatures needed. Good luck Jim, I'll be down on Friday.