The Political Whore

It might be a little premature, but some local wag circulated this email inviting folks to the Hillsborough Board of County Commissioners’ meeting today to celebrate the putative last day of Brian Blair, even though the vote-counting isn’t yet complete in the race between him and Kevin Beckner, who is currently in the lead:

Fellow Celebrators,
Tomorrow is what I’m calling the Not-So-Regular BOCC Meeting.  You may not have realized it yet, but it will be Brian’s last meeting as commissioner.  Beckner will be sworn-in on November 18 and he will assume full duties as of that date.  I confirmed this with Commissioner Ferlita’s office this morning.

So what should we do tomorrow to mark Brian’s passing???  Should we bring in a cake???  Should I bring my guitar and we sing, “For he’s a jolly good fellow”???  Should we pass around copies of the want ads???

It might be better if we use this as an opportunity to educate and motivate the others on the board, kind of like a “lessons learned” session.  In other words to convey to them that having powerbrokers with money behind you sometimes leads to a false sense of security, and that as powerful as the special interests are, they can’t save you if the public believes that you’ve betrayed their trust.

Remember, it’s your last chance to say goodbye to him as a commissioner.
And don’t forget, I wouldn’t be surprised if some of the evil-doers show up to pay their last respects and tell him what a wonderful job he’s done.  I know the rest of he gang of 5 will be singing his praises tomorrow.

It would be interesting if he didn’t show up tomorrow, fearing that he might have to face those goodbye speeches from the diehards.

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