That a boy Art. Abuse a guy who was just abused. Nice. Are you the kettle or the pot?

Wait a minute Art. I'm busy directing Hubbard from behind the curtain. I'll get right back to you.

Paul, where are you? Come join us. Oh, wait, I'm moving Evans lips right now, hang on. Damn bell!

Yes Art. Being wrong just couldn't cross your mind, could it.

Today was the day buddy.

This probably belongs over here more than it does in the ASM Dumbfck thread:

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What will council do about mailed letters? Wouldn't that fall under the jusrisdiction of the Postmaster General?

In much the same way that Council is not the place to go when someone raises the price of a bowl of soup, it's not the place to go when some idiot fires off one anonymous letter to your house.

I'm not saying the letters are fake, and I'm not saying they're not being viewed as threatening by the recipient ("threatening" is in the eye of the threatened, right?). I'm saying that it's not city business. Even if a handful of white powder fell out of them and the letters exploded, it still is not city business. Anything involving the mail is federal.

What's next? "Council, Jimmy's staring at me!" Seriously, this town needs to grow the hell up.

Art, it's called nowhere else to go. If you're not from Clarks Summit or you're not connected, your complaints go unanswered. As far as a freak show? That's your opinion. While some speakers are painful to watch, they're people. Real people who have the right to address their government. People can complain about it all the want, but no one will ever stop a US citizen from addressing their government. The other right we have is the right to change the channel. Try it sometime.

Try looking where you hid my last post Ms. Freedom of speech. Yeah I know, I must have not hit the submit button again. Go figure.

There are so many things wrong with what you just said.

The police, not council are supposed to handle police matters. I have lived here all of my life, am not connected to anyone, and have had the police respond to every situation (which thankfully hasn't been many) I have ever needed them for. You can tug at the heart strings all you want, and I feel bad for that poor old guy, but he was wasting his time (and mine) at the council meeting.

Sure you have the right to address the government about anything you want, but that doesn't mean that you're not wasting valuable time and energy while accomplishing nothing.

I shouldn't have to change the channel. I tuned in to watch city government handle city business; not listen to old men cry, watch crazy guys wave letters, listen to Jim Davis talk about not having a chance to discuss issues that were already discussed, watch Sam Patilla carry on about pulling mayors from other cities aside this weekend for a chat - the list is endless. None of that has anything to do with city business. It's become a sounding board for people who think like you. No business is attended to or discussed.

It is, in fact, a freak show - broadcast for all the world to laugh at every Thursday. That's reality sweetie, sorry it's beyond you. You still have this idea that the 20 nuts who ramble endlessly each way represent a cross section of our city. They don't. They're the same 15 or 20 people talking about the same thing, every week for years.

one more thought on Mr. Jackowitz and the letter he received ... he read it to council and well I listened ... he felt threatened by that letter ... however ... I did not think it was a threat ... why is he different than Judy? Why is it a threat if he says it is ... and well Judy should not fell threatened by what the DD nutbags wrote about her? Isn't that a double standard?