The recent article on Mark Muir beginning his campaign had a line that jumped out.Muir’s experience with various local agencies allowed him to hit the ground running when he began his Council term, he said.Why this line? The image that asserted itself is of Humpty Dumpty falling off the wall, hitting the ground and running - running yolk that is.
Why Humpty Dumpty you might fairly ask? The answer is straightforward. Muir always has and always will, for one blogger here, trigger the Beatles lyrics for him and his cronies with their brittle shells,
"I am the eggman, they are the eggmen.I am the walrus, goo goo g'joob g'goo goo g'joob."
Why the vast unknown? Just like this vapid article quotes empty phrases, at council meetings Muir uses these kinds of phases and buzz words like best practices, re-examine criteria, look at different methodologies, etc. What the hell does he mean? And self describing himself as a fiscal conservative or government efficiency fighter should send the hypocrisy meter into critical zone. Yes, let's have a deep and hearty laugh over Mark protecting the public purse from overly generous pension benefits. He says,
“I almost kind of put myself in a position like (San Diego Mayor) Jerry Sanders, (when) you’re part of that pension thing,” Muir said. “And now you’re fighting the pension thing because you’re in a different role.”
Mark Muir could never be accused of being articulate. But, even simple sentences could link a series of empty phrases to describe a world view, a belief system an overarching goal. With this candidate there is nothing.
And that brings this back to "I am a Walrus" lyrics. When John Lennin was interviewed he admitted that the whole string of unrelated phrases didn't mean anything, they meant NOTHING. He'd joked, let them try to figure out what this means.
You can play along at home, Mark Muir's campaign statement has sustainability in it. Did you find any reference to sustainability in the article cited here? No, you will not find it as Mark must have belatedly gotten the Gaspar/Westbrook/Andreen memo on sustainability.
Nothing to see here people, move along.
