The Whitehouse has recently confirmed that Joe Biden, our current president, will in fact pardon his own son of whatever crimes the poor boy has committed, admitted or been convicted of. As Gomer Pyle would say: Surprise, Surprise! Now that the election is over we are back to politics as usual, using power and privilege for personal benefit. But was Gomer right, or was that sarcasm? Let's go with the latter, after all this is the same man who went to the rail for crackers and wine, and then went out advocating for what that very church sees as a critical moral issue. One his Pope say he falls on the wrong side of. Or, keeping it secular, he also swore to uphold the constitution and then took actions he confessed he knew were unconstitutional. Wrong. Knew it. Did it anyway. Why? Because he's a politician of the worst sort. Party above morals. Party above country.
Don't think for a minute that politicians of this ilk have been rounded up and locked in the internment camp we call Washington, D.C. We have them right here.
The folks that marketed, supported, and campaigned for passing the city referendum were, and are, politicians. And they lied. They lied when they instituted a millage rate cap saying it would not increase without passing a referendum. And they knew it. The Home Rule Act was adopted in 1965 and they knew this could be used to make significant changes to the city charter without voter approval. The cities' industry lobbying group, the Georgia Municipal Association, contends this act makes the prior "political commitment" as easily erased as the memory of a politician making such a commitment. It seems the bureaucrats at city hall are working diligently to erase any restrictions on their spend-then-tax approach to empire building. Mayor and council seem largely supportive, and why not? They are politicians.
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