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Sep. 13th, 2005 01:21 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
annissamazingI got more info on the polling place problem. According to the Summit County Board of Elections, there is no voting in my ward today. Dammit. I should have registered to vote in Akron already. Mayoral elections are up and I would really like to help vote Plusquellic out of office. Here's why!
A couple months ago Mayor Plusquellic had an evening meeting with the Akron Museum's director at one of the finest restaurants in town. He parked in a parking area near the restaurant, paid $5 and parked his car in the middle of the lot. The attendent didn't like where he parked his car since it didn't work with his system of parking cars and asked the mayor to move his car to the back wall. The mayor told the attendent he was the mayor and didn't want to be blocked in in case there was an emergency and then used (please note the quotes) "a few choice swear words" to get his point across. The attendent apologized and offered the mayor his money back. The mayor thought this was a trap and got even more upset. The next day he called the attendent's boss and had the attendent fired. The worst part of this story is that, with the exception of Plusquellic's car, the lot was completely empty.
So here's a parking lot attendent making no more than $7 trying to do his job well. A mayor who is having dinner at one of the most expensive restaurants in the area on taxpayer money who decides to be a jerk because he's the mayor. What kind of emergency was he expecting at 9:00 in the evening? In Akron. Ohio.
Mayor Plusquellic wrote a letter of apology in the Beacon Journal and docked himself a day's pay. He did not ask that the attendent get his job back.
A couple months ago Mayor Plusquellic had an evening meeting with the Akron Museum's director at one of the finest restaurants in town. He parked in a parking area near the restaurant, paid $5 and parked his car in the middle of the lot. The attendent didn't like where he parked his car since it didn't work with his system of parking cars and asked the mayor to move his car to the back wall. The mayor told the attendent he was the mayor and didn't want to be blocked in in case there was an emergency and then used (please note the quotes) "a few choice swear words" to get his point across. The attendent apologized and offered the mayor his money back. The mayor thought this was a trap and got even more upset. The next day he called the attendent's boss and had the attendent fired. The worst part of this story is that, with the exception of Plusquellic's car, the lot was completely empty.
So here's a parking lot attendent making no more than $7 trying to do his job well. A mayor who is having dinner at one of the most expensive restaurants in the area on taxpayer money who decides to be a jerk because he's the mayor. What kind of emergency was he expecting at 9:00 in the evening? In Akron. Ohio.
Mayor Plusquellic wrote a letter of apology in the Beacon Journal and docked himself a day's pay. He did not ask that the attendent get his job back.