Last night's Manitou city council meeting clocked in at just over 3.5 hours. Ugh. But there were some classic moments. The big issue on the docket was dealing with the expansion of the Wheeler House. Seems that project is pissing off the neighbors.
There was a debate between the neighborhood association and the business folks in charge of the expansion, all overheard by city council, which would rule on whether or not the Manitou historic preservation committee correctly followed procedures in granting approval to expand a historic building. That run on sentence actually makes the 1.5 hours of the mess sound more exciting than it really was.
But after the initial arguments were over, this old Manitoid stands up and starts complaining about garbage pick up. "Are we gonna be hearing the garbage truck at 4:30AM like we do now!?!" the guy yelled.
The mayor responded to guy by saying the garbage issue was for another meeting.
The old guy then says, "Oh, I see, you just won't let us talk about it!" He sounded really pissed off. He then yells, "I'm outta here!" and proceeded to storm out of the meeting.
The hilarious thing was that the guy musta been at least in his mid 70s and used a cane. And moved VERY slowly. So when he "stormed out" it literally took him at least 90 seconds to go from his seat over to the exit, about 15 feet away. There was this real awkward silence from everyone, and I was trying not to piss my pants laughing.
Gotta love the locals!
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Welcome to my world. I have to present at Planning Commission and City Council ALL THE FRICKIN' TIME. Plus a plethora of evening community meetings.
HA! But what about the Bears, Man?
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