My boss had some funny stories about a particularly stupid elected official that held office in San Diego a while back. Once this councilman showed up at a garage sale she was having at her house. She got into a conversation about how many cats she had (she has 8 cats!) with him and he mentioned that he had a bunch of rabbits. He explained that his neighbor was going to give these two rabbits they had to the shelter so he took them instead. He said that for some odd reason more and more rabbits were showing up in the cage. Cathy mentioned that he must have had both a girl rabbit and a boy rabbit. To this he seriously said, "No, no, they are brother and sister, that couldn't be it."
This same politician had been in a meeting with her husband who worked for the financial management office at the time. They were discussing finances at the city and how the old fire engines needed to be replaced. The councilman came up with an ingenious idea- "Why don't we just send the old trucks out to the false alarms?" Her husband had to politely explain that if they knew the calls were false alarms they wouldn't be sending anyone out to the calls!
In another meeting they had the councilman had to take a call in the middle of their discussion. The phone conversation started running on and on and on and the councilman had turned his swivel chair around while he was talking. Once the conversation finally ended he turned back around and was visibly startled that my boss's husband was sitting there - he totally jumped! He had forgotten he had someone in his office.
Can you believe anyone this stupid can be elected to office??? Ok, I guess it's not that big of a surprise.
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Oh the stories I could tell you about being a political reporter in Utah County. Yes, oh yes, I belive stupid people can manage to get elected!
You know, I always say I hate politics and all, but when I hear stories like these I sure do eat them up. :)
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