BARTOLOMUCCI MELTDOWN...

Wow! Interesting City Council meeting last night. Several council members took the time to comment on issues they think are important. Edwards on jobs, Smith on thieves stealing coils from air conditioners, and then there's Bartolomucci.

Apparently the Alderman and his family spent some time downtown this weekend and saw lots of trash on the streets. So, he decided to take pictures of it and bring it back to show his fellow council members and the press. ONLY - he forgot to bring the pictures to the meeting. INSTEAD his scolded the Mayor for supposedly saying the city is "all cleaned up" to the newspaper, when in fact, Bartolomucci says "you lied to the press and you lied to the people."

Now, my first question, and really the only relevant question is "Alderman, instead of taking pictures of the trash, why didn't you pick up the trash?"

The Mayor, of course, asked that same brilliant question.

The answer was a defiant, snooty, "I'm better than that" kind of response. "I pay tax dollars for someone else to do that..."

Yo, Joe - get off your high horse and make Springfield a better place to live. We all have to do our part, you know.

* Update * Mrs. Ward 5 called the show today defending her husband. Awww, isn't that sweet?