TRUE COLORS?
GONE BESERK!
WE HAVE JUST SEEN A TAPED VERSION OF THE LAMOINE SELECTMAN’S MEETING HELD LAST NIGHT, JULY 17, 2008.
WHAT A DISASTER! THE CHAIRWOMAN, JOSEPHINE COOPER ONCE AGAIN HAS SHOWN HER TRUE COLORS. "NO CONTROL!"
EVIDENTLY, STUART, THE SECRETARY KNEW WHAT WAS COMING AND SUGGESTED THAT THEY GO TO EXECUTIVE (SECRET) SESSION.
MS. COOPER EMPHATICALLY SAID, "NO, I WANT THIS MATTER DISCUSSED PUBLICLY." OR WORDS TO THAT EFFECT.
SHE BEGAN TO PUBLICLY BERATE ANOTHER BOARD MEMBER FOR HIS DECISION TO SUPPORT A FLYER THAT ADVISED VOTERS TO OPPOSE THE LAMOINE SCHOOL BUDGET.
BY HER ACTIONS, THE CHAIRWOMAN HAS MADE IT VERY CLEAR THAT SHE SUPPORTS THE BUDGET, AND WANTED IT PASSED AT THE HIGHEST LEVEL INITIALLY PROPOSED.
HER INSISTANCE OF TRYING TO PUBLICLY HUMILIATE THE SELECTMAN, RICHARD FENNELLY JR. WAS REALLY A MESSAGE SENT TO THE OTHER THREE MEMBERS, IF YOU DO NOT STAY IN LINE AND FOLLOW MY DIRECTION, YOU WILL RECEIVES THE SAME PUBLIC HUMILITY.
HOWEVER, HER VOCAL TIRADE WAS SOON QUELLED AND REVERSED BY THE CALM AND COOL REPLIES OF MR. FENNELLY.
THE CHAIRWOMAN FREQUENTLY INTERRUPTED MR . FENNELLY’S RESPONSES WITH HER LOUD AND SHRILL VOICE DESIGNED TO STOP HIM FROM EXPLAINING HIS POSITION ON FREEDOM OF EXPRESSION AND SPEECH.
MS. COOPER, MEMBERS OF THE BOARD ARE EQUAL. NONE HAVING MORE POWER THAN ANOTHER. YOU EVIDENTLY DO NOT UNDERSTAND YOUR POSITION ON THE BOARD OR THE CONCEPT OF MEETINGS HELD IN A DEMOCRACY.
SO, MEMBERS OF THE BOARD, DID YOU GET THE MESSAGE? STAY IN LINE OR GET THE SAME TREATMENT. IF NOT, LET US MAKE IT CLEAR FOR YOU.
AN OLD SONG HAS LYRICS THAT STATE, "WHATEVER LOLA WANTS, LOLA GETS!"
IT IS WAAAAAAAAAAAAAAY PAST TIME TO PUT A MUZZLE ON "LOLA".
WE RATE THIS MEETING AS FOLLOWS:
"A DISASTER"
COWBOY HATS
FENNELLY: .........WEARS A WHITE HAT
JONES: ................WEARS A DARK GREY HAT
WIELANDT: .........WEARS A DARKER GREY HAT
DONALDSON: ..... WEARS A BLACK HAT
COOPER: .............WEARS A PITCH BLACK HAT
MARCKOON: .......WEARS NO HAT, THERE’S NO HAT LARGE ENOUGH!
THE INFORMER POSTED 7-18-98
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