Zach Patton is a GOVERNING senior editor. He writes about a range of topics, including education, social policy issues, and urban planning and design. Patton is also the editor of GOVERNING's Management e-newsletter.
E-mail: zpatton@governing.comWhy the Santa Cruz City Council Deserves a Medal
This clip has been popping up all over the Internet this week (which is a little weird, since it's more than a year old).
But it's a good reminder to appreciate the job your local city council is doing keeping a straight face putting up with crazy lunatics listening to public comments.
The best/worst part, as Gawker points out, is that some poor guy had to write this thing down in the council's official minutes. The minutes kept it classy and vague:
Joint City Council and Redevelopment Agency Oral Communications
An unidentified woman expressed concerns with high rent rates in California and the importance of affordable housing for people living in California.
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