We have been out of town since the RTM voted not to vote on the Taser issue in March. While we were gone, Matthew Mandell (RTM District 1) managed to create a stir in the local blogoshphere (yet again).
Mr. Mandell – who called us pompous muchachos last month – could not stand a little self-inflicted humor on April Fool’s Day, when the Water Rat Parents’ blog Mahackeno Now teased him. It seems that Mr. Mandell demanded the Water Rats not use “posa,” a word in Italian and Spanish, which is also the acronym for the Partrick Open Space Alliance. The April Fool’s Day post was taken down, but we managed to make a copy before it disappeared (Matthew Mandell’s April Fool’s Fish).
Thin-skinned politicians are not new in town (look at Amy Ancel’s recent threat to sue a couple of YMCA members), so Mr. Mandell’s reaction was not surprising. But it is interesting to note that Mr. Mandell – who abstained from voting on the RTM postponement of the Taser debate last month – seems more passionate about policing local blogs than policing local streets.
