Weiss Hoping To Curry Developer Favor For 2009 Election

Imagine you're on "Jepoardy!"

The Category is "City Clowncil."

For $100, the answer is "Give money to developers to build 'affordable housing.'"

Can you figure out the question?

The question is, "What is the City Clowncil's proposed solution for all problems?"

The latest example comes from the Clowncil Member for my district, Jack Weiss. The City is supposedly having trouble hiring more police. Now, some low-brow, no-imagination person like you or me -- you know, the ones who still refer to "Human Resources" using the outdated term "Personnel" -- would come up with a dumb solution like, "offer candidates more money."

Not Weiss, though. He knows that the answer to all problems is to give more of your tax money to developers. I heard him interviewed on the radio today, saying he had proposed giving more money to developers to build housing for which they, in turn, would give police a good deal. Result? More people would accept job offers to work as officers.

Yeah, that's a great idea! After all, how long could it possibly take to build all that housing and make those deals? It's a much better solution than, say, paying the police more, so they can afford a nice apartment or condo immediately. After all, Officer Friday can't contribute nearly as much to a City Attorney campaign as a collection of developers can.

Speaking of which, stay tuned for an important announcement, once I clear it with my supervisor, Mrs. Moore....