tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2506514005426983269.post2687488834648281437..comments2023-10-28T08:02:44.565-05:00Comments on illusory tenant: Thought I was reading Boris + Doris for a minuteillusory tenanthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08524761974822871419noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2506514005426983269.post-49995901537322181172010-12-30T19:28:05.083-06:002010-12-30T19:28:05.083-06:00Indeed there are a number of different perspective...Indeed there are a number of different perspectives available. Here's one from one of the <a href="http://playgroundpolitics.blogspot.com/2010/12/slumlordcounty-exec-holloway-fires.html" rel="nofollow">sharper observers</a> of the local scene.<br /><br />(Holloway has had an ongoing series of issues at his rental properties. Apparently the sobriquet to left of the Recess Supervisor's backslash is well earned.)illusory tenanthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08524761974822871419noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2506514005426983269.post-55178634291478740672010-12-30T13:35:36.057-06:002010-12-30T13:35:36.057-06:00I don't think it was an unwarranted cynicism a...I don't think it was an unwarranted cynicism at all -- if anything it was insufficiently so. The committee size might be depicted as advertising a lack of shame, in the willingness to appoint all and sundry without much regard for the needs of government.Clutchnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2506514005426983269.post-8830967479158423142010-12-30T08:53:42.792-06:002010-12-30T08:53:42.792-06:00Of course you're right and I appreciate the co...Of course you're right and I appreciate the community leadership qualities that many of those folks embody. But the showmanship and grandstanding is offputting. I guess I was having a moment of cynicism.illusory tenanthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08524761974822871419noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2506514005426983269.post-33775442684402391092010-12-30T08:47:02.496-06:002010-12-30T08:47:02.496-06:00Well, you may be thinking in terms of the actual n...Well, you may be thinking in terms of the actual needs for a transition team, rather than the need to make contacts and show a willingness to appoint people. <br /><br />From that perspective, it's not ridiculous in the least. It's like a peacock's tail or a hippo's yawn; what's different is the adaptive trait that's being advertised.Clutchnoreply@blogger.com