March 1, 2001

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Council Heights - Part Three.

The following article is uh uh...fictional. It is meant to be funny because everyone knows that the stuff depicted would not really occur in any town in which sane people reside. It is intended to be humerous and it is recommended that anyone without the capacity to enjoy humor not read the article. Any similarity between characters within the article to people you know is solely a coincidence. However, if anyone feels that the actions depicted are too close to being truthful (and with a few minor changes could be exactly as something has happened), all that person needs to do is email me describing what really happened and I will be happy to change my fictional story to not reflect the real life event so closely. I reserve the right to print the real life event in the non fictional portion of this web site so be careful what you send me.

Part Three

Excitement filled the room as everyone present waited in anticipation of the events soon to come. This meeting of the Council Heights City Council was the quarterly meeting in which Community Volunteers would be paraded before the Council and they would receive accolades for their service to the community. Gone were the days of previous administrations when the work of volunteers went unappreciated because Super Councilman and Mayor were sensitive to the needs of people to feel recognized and loved.

The Council Heights City Council members were all present as the meeting was called to order by Mayor. It, being Volunteer Night required that all Council Members, even the Council Members that fully trusted Super Councilman, be there to thank the volunteers for their service. Even Super Councilman was present as Mayor called the meeting to order. (This was very unusual since Super Councilman usually was out performing emergency services during the audience participation portions of the meetings.) Super Councilman, due to his superior deductive qualities (and always being available), could miss the part where citizens addressed the less informed members of the Council Heights Council. After all, he knew there were basically two types of people in Council Heights and he knew what they had most likely said based on which type they were.

Mayor cleared her voice and began to speak, "Citizens, It is with great pleasure that I call this meeting to order. In the spirit of cooperation and team work, your City Council is once again assembled here today to do the work of the people. I want each of you to know that everyone of your elected officials love and appreciate each of you just as we love and appreciate each other. You should be very proud of this diverse group because unlike in all previous administrations, we are not mind numb robots that are only out for special interests. Instead we, like Super Councilman says, are here only to serve the "uh uh …citizens." Yes, We are here to serve you and we can only serve you if we love each other and if we love you. Love, Love, Love, that is what it is all about." It was at this point that Super Councilman leaned over and whispered in Mayor's ear.

Mayor began nodding her head in agreement and quietly said, "yes your right." Clearing her voice again she continued, "We need to make this as short as possible because we really love and respect your time so I'll just skip the rest of my prepared speech and since Super Councilman is already present, we'll just skip the Audience Participation portion of the meeting as well."

At that point, a voice on the Council seldom recognized was heard. "Madam Mayor, may I say a few words about..:" "NO!!" Came a quick reply as Mayor slammed her gabble in repeated blows that made everyone in room cringe with fear. Amazing everyone in the room, her voice thundered, "Yooou are out of order!"

Mayor turned to the audience and smiled. She then took a deliberate deep breath and said "Councilman, you are out of order because you are not one of us. We thought you were one of us when you were elected to this Council. But you fooled us and you conned the voters into thinking you were one of us as well. But you have been found out. You are to remain silent and if you cannot remain silent I will have you removed from the room. From now on, if you want to speak, you are required to go into the audience as a regular citizen. Tonight we, I mean uh uh… I have ruled that we will skip Audience Participation so you are to remain silent all night." Mayor then turned back to the Councilman and said in a more loving tone "Let this be a warning that as long as I am Mayor, NO ONE will get away with disagreeing with Super Councilman as you have unwisely attempted." She continued, "Super Councilman, you may now proceed."

Super Councilman was appreciative of the Mayor for keeping the brainwashed Councilman (that had been polluted by the greedy corporate structured money grubbing building machines) from spoiling the festive mood. The Council Chambers was no longer a place to talk about the old outdated type of things that the Councilman wanted to address. This was the time and place for Super Councilman to shine.

He cleared his throat, lowered his voice (like all Super Heroes do when they are going to speak) and said "ladies, and gentlemen, as you know, there are evil people out there that do not have uh uh … your best interest at heart. They, unlike me, would allow a festive occasion such as tonight to become polluted with open discussions." He paused, (as Super Heroes do when they are going to change the subject), "Since there are no volunteers within the City that have been approved for recognition by the Board of Volunteers, I would like to take this opportunity to thank all those that have taken the time to serve on the Boards and I especially like to thank my fellow Council Members as well. After all, no one is a greater volunteer than each of us here tonight. I would like to also thank my wife, and my son, as well as the husbands, wives, mothers, fathers, and children of each Council Member for their willingness to serve in the important Advisory Board positions for the City Council. Our family member's willingness to serve was critical to my plan to make Council Heights Government run without the dissention and the influence of the special interests that had once controlled this City."

Harriet Busybody and Sarah Hampstead were the first to jump from their seats and begin the standing ovation that always occurred after Super Councilman spoke. This ten minute meeting had been truly one of the best meetings they had ever attended. As the crowd went spilling from the Council Chambers, everyone that had been in attendance thought history had truly been made that very night. This was the night that the last ember of influence once held by the greedy corporate structured money grubbing machines had been revealed to the entire City and had been silenced. Things were finally as they should be in Council Heights. Or were they?

Stay tuned for more adventures of Council Height's own Super Councilman as evil corporate interference in City Government is discovered to still be present and Super Councilman calls for the newest Action Figure, "Attack Dawg" . You won't want to miss this latest arrival to the Council Height's Action Figure Collection. Until then, no matter how big the problem, no matter what time of day or night, when you need him most just say " Super Councilman, I need you!"

And he will be there.

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