Annapolis Capital Punishment

Okay. I'll say it again. I have consistently opposed the debacle in Iraq and yes, in dollars alone, it is costing us all...everyday. So I salute Alderman Shropshire and others for putting on a town hall about the local costs of the war thousands of miles away. However, Alderman Shropshire often gets involved in a lot of "bigger" issues and he seems to lose focus on really local concerns where his vote does count. I posted about this in May when the vote came up in City Council about postponing the final vote to approve our new budget or not. That,as you will recall, was defeated. Shropshire was on the losing end of that vote along with Mayor Moyer and Alderpersons Hole and Finlayson.

You with me? The four members of city council, all Democrats, wanted to quickly approve the budget in mid-May, even though the law gives us until the end of June. Five other members, including two Republicans, an Independent and Two Democrats voted to study it further. Seems reasonable to me. The mayor then comes out and whines that it was a partisan thing! Right. As if she is not the most partisan thing around herself. But here is the catch--according to The Capital, at the town hall meeting on the effect of the war in Iraq, guess which were the four council members who attended?
So, I ask, is it ironic or is it just interesting? See The Capital at: www.hometownannapolis.com/cgi-bin/read/2008/06_01-41/CAN