Big Doings For the New City Council

There are big doings next week for a delegation of the 2006 Ogden City Council. The National League of Cities and Towns is throwing it's 82d semi-annual Congress of Cities and Exposition, (America’s Cities and Towns Teaming Up for Tomorrow, December 6-10, 2005.)

Sounds like a lot of fun -- the perfect way for new city leaders to get the neocon centralist-planning "bonding experience":

Charlotte’s “Incredi-Bowl”…..
The closing celebration brought to you by Wachovia
Saturday, December 10, 2005
7:30pm – 11:00pm (Hall C – Charlotte Convention Center)

Are you ready to celebrate! Come celebrate your time here in the incredible city of Charlotte as we bring to you the best of our teams in one location….Charlotte’s “Incredi-Bowl”.

We are “Teaming Up” with the most incredible sports around the Carolinas and bringing it to you! From the thrills of NASCAR and touchdown fun of the Carolina Panthers to our new Charlotte Bobcats, icy Hot Checkers, and Wachovia Cup championship golf there will surely be something to celebrate about! You’ll enjoy strolling around the Incredi-Bowl and testing your skills at some of the best in sports. Enjoy the incredible roaming entertainment associated with our local teams and be sure and get your photo with one of our celebrity mascots!

The room will be filled with incredible sports décor from all of the Carolina’s best. NLC Delegates will enjoy culinary delights sure to inspire the best of sports fans and top any tailgate you’ve ever seen! Beer, wine and soft drinks will be complimentary. Diverse local entertainment will take the stage to WOW the rowdiest of crowds and you won’t want to miss our exciting “Half Time” special entertainment from the Four Tops!

It’s the best of our sports teams and we’ve brought it all to you! The game is about to begin….Welcome to the Charlotte Incredi-Bowl! Continuous shuttle service will run between the Charlotte Convention Center and NLC hotels beginning at 7:15pm.

In spite of the hype, there's plenty of of oppotunity for our new council to learn a little bit. Bill Glasmann and Dorrene Jeske are flying to Charlotte Monday night, and Jesse Garcia and Council Director Bill Cook will be there Wednesday...after the Tuesday night council session.

To those who ask: "How are we gonna keep 'em down on the farm, after they've seen Parree Charlotte," I just say: "Don't worry, They won't get infected with the 'neocon disease.'" Charlotte definitely "aint" Parree; and savvy people like Bill, Dorrene and Jesse definitely have their heads screwed on straight. I can't speak for Bill Cook. Who knows how he'll behave, once he's walking Tobacco Road heheh.

The advantage of our elected council's attending an event like this is that they'll be exposed to all the new ideas. Notwithstanding all the "party hype," there are numerous good workshops happening in Charlotte.

I'm hoping at least one of them will be willing to offer a report on the event here, after they get back.

And what say our gentle readers? Are our new councilpersons stepping into the neoCON "Lion's den," to be ineluctably "sucked into" the "central-planning" mindset? Will they be irredeemably compromised by partying and having photo "ops" with the Carolina Panthers professional cheerleader squad? Will they all take the workshop on "eminent domain" and come out power-hungry to steal local private properties for the benefit of Wal-Mart? Will they "catch" the neoCON RDA influenza?

I "thinks" NOT.

The Ogden City townsfolk haven't elected such a "stiff-spined" collection of native Ogdenite councilpersons in years.

"Little Caesar" will be learning to say "please," and "thank you," if he knows what's good for his political future.

And what thinks the rest of our gentle readers about this?

Will the "bully on nine" learn to "play nice?"