I agree with the suggestion that it would be prudent for Robert to lay off the accent thing.

However, I think the City Council does itself a disservice when they act in a manner that denies a citizen his/her rights. Even if a citizen has a history of being an irritation, they should still grant him/her their rightful alloted time. As our elected representatives, they should be the ones demonstrating the type of leadership that is so desperately lacking in our culture. In other words, they should be taking the high road -- not waiting for Robert to do so. He isn't an elected official. By doing so, they would also most likely help themselves because Robert would have less to report on about them.

And since I'm on the topic of elected officials taking the high road, it is positively REPULSIVE if Mayor Rotkin acted as "Pole Dancing Judge" as was insinuated in last week's Metro. Far as I know, Rotkin *is not* an established expert on female masturbation techniques. That means that he used his status as an elected official to be a part of this public dehumanization of people for sexual titilation.

Great example you set, Mayor. Maybe to increase profits at the Coast Hotel project, we could get the maids to do a "second shift" (wink, wink, nudge, nudge!). They're going to need more money if they want to live within an hour of here anyway. It IS all about the money, right?? Oink! Oink!