Just my luck.
A previously scheduled obligation precludes my attendance at tonight’s city council, and wouldn’t you know it: ROCK’s planning a floor show, although the master of ceremonies is wary of grandstanding in the center ring.
ROCK to protest II Horseshoes at New Albany City Council meeting; Agenda lacking any measure concerning strip club, by Daniel Suddeath (News and Tribune).
A group opposing a new strip club in New Albany promises to plead its case before the City Council Thursday.
Reclaim our Culture Kentuckiana, the Louisville-based organization known as ROCK, sent out an e-mail last week encouraging its members to pack the assembly room of the City/County Building in opposition to II Horseshoes, an adult entertainment business located at 1720 Old River Rd.
While the e-mail states the council will address the club during the meeting, Council President Jeff Gahan said that’s not the case.
“That item is not on our agenda for Thursday,” he said. “I don’t anticipate any presentation or any discussion at this point.”
It looks as if the members of ROCK will be forced to wait until non-agenda public speaking time at meeting’s end. After sitting through the usual antics of the conjoined councilmen, they may decide to broaden their definition of “a total disregard for our common goal of decent and wholesome communities where we can live, work and raise a family.”
Meanwhile, also on the council’s plate:
Former councilman Bill Schmidt has been recommended for appointment to the Building Authority Commission, which requires a vote of approval from the council.
The recommendation probably came from Professor Erika, who has selected Schmidt to father her love child … wait; got that one wrong. Sorry. Rather, she has chosen him as one of her “outstanding men” of 2008 in New Albany, based on a list of vaguely defined criteria that includes this:
They work hard and play by the rules. And most of all they look out for their neighbors, co-workers, and the many needs of the “little people” of New Albany.
As a humorous side note, Prof. Erika cautions that “names are listed in alphabetical order only,” and accordingly, she has Larry Kochert coming before Maurice King.
Kochert?
See what a Bazooka Joe university degree can do?
Here is tonight’s meeting agenda.
