On Fri, Mar 02, 2012 at 11:16:19PM -0500, John Sessoms wrote:
> From: David Mann
> 
> >On Mar 2, 2012, at 4:34 PM, Brian Walters wrote:
> >
> >>I'm not sure that Councillor Keown's comments are at all helpful.
> >
> >Our esteemed city councillors are about the biggest bunch of
> >squabbling brats you could encounter.  We should send them to
> >Wellington or Canberra, they'd fit right in.
> >
> 
> That seems to be a universal requirement. You can't get elected to
> the city council anywhere unless you're an asshole.

This puts me in the unfamiliar position of defending my mother-in-law,
who for many years served on the Nottingham City Council (eventually
ending up leader).  As mothers-in-law go she's quite reasonable (from
my limited experience) - I certainly wouldn't describe her as an asshole.

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