Can I sue Charlotte city attorney Mac McCarley for making blood spurt out my nose? What an arrogant man in spite of having so little to be arrogant about.
Thank goodness that Rev. Mike saw the same thing over the weekend in McCarley absurd claims about the “cost” of complying with government records requests. Mike is a decent guy, I am not. If he is hacked off, there is probably very good cause, to wit:
…Mr. Mc Carley makes the same mistake that every government attorney I’ve ever known makes, and that is this—he thinks those folks sitting around the dais in the Government Center Meeting Chamber, i.e., Curt Walton and the Council, are his clients. They are not. You and I are, and when Mr. Mc Carley resists the legitimate and even the illegitimate [sic!] requests of the public to obtain full disclosure of government activities, he fails in his obligation to us as his clients to serve our interests without passion or prejudice.
And I’ll go one further, since I am a complete bastard. If Mac really believes what he is saying, then every time city employees sit down and spend time with developers, bankers, and Chamber folks they are evidently contributing directly to those for-profit and non-profit endeavors. As such those in-kind contributions should be reported on relevant disclosure forms as required by law.
Now why is it I am certain that has not happened?
“Society is like a stew. If you don’t stir it up every once in a while then a layer of scum floats to the top,” Edward Abbey observed. Charlotte needs one big-ass skimmer.
