December 20, 2010

Hey Baby, What's Your Sign?



For our faithful PRU readers, who've had the dubious privilege of attending a meeting in the City Council chamber at City Hall, you may have noticed there are signs on either side of the Council horseshoe -- No Citizens Beyond This Point.

The PRU Crew feels very strongly, we need new signs. See above.

The practical effect of the new signs may be reducing the number of Alderdunces allowed to sit at the Council horseshoe, but the voters of Park Ridge have already shown their approval for reducing their representation. What could possibly go wrong?

For those interested in watching the smaller, more efficient Council in action -- there's another City Council meeting tonight, set to begin at 7:30 pm. If you're interested, you can review the revised agenda (.pdf) and then send Ald. Allspaghetti and possibly Ald. assWsol a thank you note -- so much for Allspaghetti's continual harping on talking issues to death! The Council is reportedly set to entertain a motion to reconsider the Hoffman Homes project (.pdf) proposed for Touhy Avenue. Because as we are all learning, "no" does not mean "no."

The meeting will also include another veto (.pdf) from Mayor Schmidtzkrieg -- this time, of the Police Chiefski's salary. Approval of the proposed City Manager's contract (.pdf), is also up for discussion and a vote, and we look forward to more unsubstantiated claims by those expected to whine their way through discussion of suspending the City's Facade Improvement Program (.pdf).

B.O.H.I.C.A. humbug.

8 comments:

Anonymous said...

Let's see....potential bad weather and a Bears game.....hmmmmm.....I'd say the over/under on attendance (not including camera men and candidates) is about 5.

Anonymous said...

I'll take the under.

MIKE said...

I'm debated whether I should stay home and watch the game go go to the meeting.

Anonymous said...

I'm staying home. Even if the Bears lose it's better than watching a bunch of losers at the city.

ParkRidgeUnderground said...

Anon@5:28 --

Oh, how you dare to talk about our duly elected representatives!

In any event --

It promises to be an interesting evening for anyone interested in a crash course on Robert's Rules of Order.

The City Clerk will also be announcing the roster of Aldermanic candidates who've filed petitions.

Anonymous said...

Here are the candidates for the Park Board. Anyone have the scoop on the Aldermanic races?

4-Year Full Term (3 seats)

Nicholas Giordano
Mel Thillens
James O’Brien
Kristen Mattes
Mary Wynn Ryan
Peter Wachowski

2-year Unexpired (1 seat)

Steve Hunst

Anonymous said...

3rd Ward --- Thomas Jefferson

Anonymous said...

Good luck to those leaving the friendly confines of 505 as our ward representatives/alderman.

What's next - the movie.....
Let's see who will play
them in the upcoming film...
Maybe -

Wsol - James Cann
Carey - Tom Sizemore
Ryan - Ben Afflect
Allegretti - Martin Short
Bach - Ben Stiller
DePietro - Nicholas Cage
Sweeney - Robert Deniro
Jim Hock - Robert Redford
(without a contract - of course)
Mayor Schmidt - Jaba The Hut

Should get a PG rating..don't you think?