ROTHENBURGER – Frootloops councillors stand united at special meeting
(Image: ‘No talking’ symbol, Vecteezy.com)
A SPECIAL MEETING of the Frootloops town council has been called to discuss councillors’ concerns about the leadership style of Mayor Jackhammer. They sit at the horseshoe awaiting his arrival. He appears, and stands at the doorway wondering if he should sit down.
MAYOR JACKHAMMER: Uh, where should I sit?
MARIA BRUSCHETTA, corporate officer person of Frootloops: Your Bumbleship, as I’ve explained to you countless times, the new Code of Conduct adopted by council says you are allowed to sit anywhere you want, except at the same table as other members of council, and as long as there are no knives or forks. So a special platform has been built for you behind the horseshoe with some scrap lumber from that humongous platform we spent a ton of money on at Frootloops Arena for the big tournament.
JACKHAMMER (taking his seat at his new plywood table): It’s a bit wobbly.
BRUSCHETTA: Your Stumblebum, as I’ve explained to you countless times…
COUN. NEWCOMER: I’ll take it from here, Ms. Bruschetta, thank you very much.
Mel Rothenbabble is a former mayor of Frootloops and former editor of the Frootloops Daily News. He has written about the town of Frootloops as long as he can remember.
ArmchairMayor.ca 
Thanks, Mel. This has got to be one of your “best”.
Of course, you have a lot for material.
One is an immature hothead who makes a scene by storming out of situations in a fashion that amounts to a temper tantrum.
One found it impossible to keep from leaking emails (from the Mayor) to the media.
One takes the helm and performs what amounts to a public shaming of a man who won the majority of the popular vote the first time he ran for Mayor. In different circles, this type of behaviour is called “shunning”.
A big question remains: who would want to be part of this “team”?
Sooner or later, the “team” will collapse. Some member will have a skeleton come out of a closet and the rest of them will run like rats off a sinking ship.
Maybe then we can see democracy at work instead of a band of 8 who feel they have strength in a pitiful abuse of power.
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The council is the most unified bunch of sheep I have ever witnessed; not a independent thinker among them. The fact that the mayor wants input from the taxpayers would be positive. Councillors appear to be terrified of facing the public because of their shameful disgusting behaviour and don’t want to be called out for it. Our mayor ran to make a change for the better – the city administration backed by the councillors are doing everything possible to ensure that doesn’t happen. They spend more time trying to discredit and denigrate the mayor than working for the citizens. In a different setting they would be called bullies – pathetic!
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