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Dear City Council: Pull my finger

From: JP -- venfl.com
Date: 12/03/08
Time: 05:10 PM

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To Mayor, City Council
From: John Patten
Date: 12/03/08, 5:09 PM
Subject: speaking of courtesy -- from the Herald-Trib archives

See
http://www.heraldtribune.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20060315/NEWS/603150725/1001/NEWS0105,
from March of 2006.

Oddly, the city attorney sat through the entire tirade and never said a word
about anything being inappropriate. John Simmonds sat through the entire
explosion, nodding in agreement.. I have to tell ya, watching Calamaras in
full-blown foot-stomping temper tantrum tirade was wondrous to behold. It
was quite spectacular.

Full audio of it is still available online at
http://www.veniceflorida.com/features/multimedia/calamaras-worstthing-1.mp3
(2.8 MB MP3).

One other thing. I take criticism a hell of a lot better than you clowns do.
My response at the time was utterly dignified compared to Mayor Martin's
recent mental meltdown:
http://www.veniceflorida.com/features/worstthingever.htm

I still want a signed mayoral proclamation. Calamaras and Hammett both
refused. I think it is time to right this horrendous wrong. Ed: Where's my
proclamation?

Oh and Simmonds: you still should resign. Seriously. What you did was bad.
That you either can't understand the allegation or that you are pretending
to be flummoxed is even worse.

Pull my finger,

-- John Patten
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