Nobody asked me, but -
. . . Once again, the Big Paper like a lost ball in tall grass - wrong again. Largo referendum a couple years ago on an internal auditor mandated (i.e., ordered) such a move. Under the charter, no - repeat - no referendum is necessary for the City Commission, sua sponte, to appoint its own watchdog (and it ought to).
. . . Public (taxpayer) funds should not be used to pay for rescue efforts of these clowns who go mountain climbing (or similar type adventures) for the heck of it. The adventuresome should find better use of their time and not burden the public financially or sentimentally. The Oregon circus went on for two weeks costing hundreds of thousands of dollars and risking other people's lives. People want to play, let them do so at their risk.
. . . Many are wondering how long two local top officials (both hired hands) are going to get away with their shenanigans before they are brought to task.
. . . The word is out that with the abrupt and questionable dismissal of Patrick Bennett in Largo, employee moral has taken a huge hit. They have no place to turn, it is said. Maybe they ought to call Curtis Holmes, he seems to have good ideas these days.
. . . One little local drama could be solved if the elected official who really wants to run his city top to bottom would merely step down and get hired as the burg's manager. Problem solved and maybe lots of folks would be happy. Maybe.
. . . You can't make this stuff up dep't. - A gracious member of one local elected body made an apology to a citizen for a slight and insignificant transgression and while doing so, the city's top poohbah was in the background taken totally with mirth, chortling and smirking.
. . . Who's in charge? Largo's City Commission is apparently just an annoying obstacle that has to be dealt with by an administration that has its own agenda. Some - even members of the commission itself - think the sobriquet "mushrooms" has been earned. (You know - kept in the dark and fed you know what.)
. . . This is a tough one - the Largo City Commission is journeying down to Sarasota in a body in mid-January to check out some of the successes in that jewel of a city. But when they are all together that is technically a meeting. How are they gonna find a bus big enough to carry along the public that is entitled to be in attendance at all meetings?
. . . You ever watch that crummy TV program "Cops"? Can someone tell me who authorized police officers to be arresters, judge, jury and executioners on the streets of this country? Free advice to anyone apprehended by police, guilty of anything or not - insist that you want a lawyer and do not say anything else except that.
. . . Whatever became of doctors' bags? You have to be of a certain age to remember them; most doctors are unfamiliar with them.
. . . Also, be advised that in this country we do not have an internal passport system and no one, unless operating a motor vehicle, is required to produce identification or give any such information on police demand. If anything, ask if you are under arrest; if the answer is "no," walk away.
. . . Funny stuff - Dick Morris, the so-called political consultant, says he will leave the country if Hillary Clinton is nominated for president (didn't one of the Baldwin boys vow something similar if Dubya was elected?). Morris is the fellow, you may recall, who got caught in the company of a prostitute and was observed sucking her toes. (You can't make this stuff up.)
. . . The word is out - one local city manager is the scourge throughout county offices; they don't like him at all, putting the fellow down as beastly uncooperative, demanding, discourteous and all that - they wonder how he keeps the job. Happy New Year!