Walnut Creek poo-bahs appear to be taking the typical bureaucratic approach to problem solving: Hope it goes away.
“I keep waiting for this story to die,” the city’s anti-Easter spokesman said in a front-page story in today’s Contra Costa Times.
That’s government in action. Or more accurately: Government inaction.
The spokesguy also lamented “This thing has been blown way out of proportion.”
Let’s talk about something being “out of proportion.” After about 16 years of having a popular Easter Egg Hunt with the Easter Bunny, the city gets one complaint from one person and runs the Easter Bunny out of town. Yet when it receives dozens of angry letters and phone calls criticizing the decision, it’s all those nasty letter writers who are blowing things out of proportion.
And then there’s this gem. “We’re taking the bullet for all those cities that have done this same thing.” Ya gotta love the “everyone else is doing it” excuse. The last time I heard that, EasterBunnyDude’s daughters spent the night in time out.
What a way to run a city. Hope problems go away by themselves. Blame the letter writers. And say “everybody else is doing it.”
I think city hall deserves a time out.
