The Prequel to the Sequel LOL

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My previous discussion about my town meeting raised a couple of points. So below is the report or prequel - again one which some of you will recognize - of the FIRST town council meeting I attended. It will give you a better picture of the former Mayor and help you understand my antics at the next meeting! LOL I've also been asked to submit the report of how the former Mayor got ousted from his position, and that sequel will be forthcoming shortly. It happend without the necessity of a formal election. It all came to a head when.........ooops, you'll have to wait for it! LOL Enjoy. ---------------------------- I'm back from the meeting and my goodness what a testosterone fuelled parlay it was! LOL I was sworn in, took my seat and sat back to listen. The Mayor does not believe in the protocol of meetings. His first order of business was to ask me to make coffee! I immediately made a motion ("A WHAT?" the Mayor asked!) that from now on, we would take turns making coffee, as we now lived in an equal opportunity world and just because I was a woman, didn't automatically delegate me to the kitchen. Then I made the coffee, and served it with the goodies I'd brought from home, left over from my Open House (squares and cookies). The 'motion' got passed much to the chagrin of the Mayor - but after all - majority rules! lol Frankly the men (I'm the only woman) spent much of the time gossiping about nothing and after I'd had enough of being a good little female, refilling coffee cups and cleaning up crumbs, I made another motion to 'get some business done, as I had some ideas to table'. THAT was when the Mayor informed me that I was a 'token' female presence on the council and 'really, you don't expect anyone to listen to you, do you?" Oh my, oh my! NEVER say that to an Irishwoman! lol I nearly swallowed my tongue biting back my retort, but eventually managed to table another motion to hold an election after Christmas to vote in a new Mayor! The council members stared at me as if I'd lost my mind, and then quietly from the end of the table, one of the men seconded the motion! You could have heard a pin drop! lol The Mayor, poor man, lost it. He threw his coffee cup across the table and it broke on the wall, and then he got up and walked out of the meeting. Before I could move, one of the other men got up and cleaned up the mess, poured fresh coffee for everyone and we got down to brass tacks. - well after everyone had a shot of brandy added to their coffee's! lol The upshot was, that the town has been tired of their Mayor for years, but no one else would take the job or stand up to the 300 lbs of attitude that carries the title of Mayor and does no work to earn the respect such an office usually commands. The council then threw all the rules out the window, the secretary, got out her tape recorder because she couldn't keep up to the words flying back and forth, and I sat and listened and learned all about my town, the people in it, the plans they want for it and watched as renewed hope and purpose came into the council members. In the Mayor's absence we passed motions to hold a Christmas dance in the barely used Curling Rink (no ice) during which everyone will contribute a tree decoration as their entrance fee, and at Midnight we will all go out and put in on the tall Blue Spruce on the Main Street of town, along with donated lights from the Co-op. The dance will be open to entire families and held in two weeks. On Christmas Eve the town will gather around the tree and sing carols and the Ladies Auxiliary will supply Hot Chocolate and bags of Christmas goodies for the kids. Wives were volunteered by their husbands all over the place! There are going to be SOME busy phone lines tomorrow morning! lol I expect I'll be getting some visits tomorrow to 'explain' things and keep the ball rolling. What a hoot. So I guess I made an impression? LOL Our next meeting is next Tuesday and some of the men have bets on as to whether the Mayor will show up! lol It's MY job to call him and inform him of the next meeting. Lucky me. lol So there you go - I've cut my teeth sooner than I expected, but I have absolutely NO patience for blustering, self-important, LAZY sexists. I was careful not to say that of course, but I think I got my point across to the council members with no harm done. So we'll see what the fall out is and whether or not I'm to be run out of town on a rail in the next day or two! lol ------------end---------- We did hold the Dance and the Tree lighting and I have reports on those too. So there you have it - how the ball got rolling over the previous Mayor!