Monday, January 30th, 2006...4:12 pm
Deposed Legislators Don’t Tango
Well…David Burnell Smith’s legislative career has ended with not a bang, but a whimper.
Yes, I am allowed clichés. This is my blog, after all.
It turns out that Smith did not get a chance to resign, since the Seceretary of State had already declared a vacancy. The attendance board bore the legend “Vacant” in place of Smith’s name this morning. He was allowed to say goodbye to his colleagues.
Geez, that was too easy.
I was hoping for, well, you know, trouble, the kind that gives material to smart alecs like me. Trouble like, you know, security guards wrestling him to the ground, points of order shouted by Democratic legislators, Republican thugs threatening people, maybe a guy getting killed with a trident. You know, fun.
I’ve been to too many YDA conventions, I guess. Visions of, I dunno, some guy fighting with a man in a chicken suit were dancing in my head.
Of course, some Republicans are still going on about the injustice of it all. I’d like to make three points to them:
- Smith signed a contract to participate in the Clean Elections system. That means he agreed to the rules, including the penalties.
- Smith understood the contract because he is, after all, a lawyer.
- Smith had a poor attendance record. You shouldn’t fight so hard for a guy that wasn’t interested in doing the job.
I expect a gleeful reply from Slim on this. Maybe this will get him out of whatever funk he’s been in that has caused all of those angry shots he’s taken at the Republican posters. He’s a nice guy, really.
2 Comments
January 30th, 2006 at 9:37 pm
It’s about time.
David Burnell Smith obviously ran for express purpose of trying to tear down the clean elections law. And he failed.
January 31st, 2006 at 6:43 pm
Huh? What? Who, me? We’re still talking about this loser? Yawn…just let the guy get back to his film career already.
Hey, that reminds me. Do you know anyone who ever ate at Slymington’s restaurant? I’d still like to try it out sometime. I hear he’s a pretty good cook.
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