Do you guys ever have to go to City Council meetings? I do. There are no shortage of screwballs that turn an otherwise short meeting into hours of "public comment". Don't get to worked up over this. I'm sure there are council groupies in your town/city as well.
And I hate them all. I've had to show up for a few as part of work. We were doing a tutoring adult education thing and needed a few (like 5K) dollars for books and materials. We were always last on the agenda and having to listen to these idiots drone on and on about leash laws and park maintaince stuff, with all sorts of quotations like they were at a freaking oratory contest made me glad for the "no guns in public buildings" rule. Otherwise,I would not have been held responsible. Honestly, I had a five point presentation that would take about three minutes (tops) to deliver and had to sit through hours of droning without throtteling some one. When I die and go to hell I know where I will be sent. Why someone would WANT to be on a city council is beyond me.
FQ13 who was scarred for life.