Who is the real dummy?

Well, the die has been cast and the Contra Costa County Supervisors have already chosen County Administrator John Sweeten’s replacement. And, according to reliable sources- a sure bet on this one- the new king of incompetence will be non other than Assistant County Administrator Scott Tandy. By George, that is incredible, you say? No. Not at all. The only thing that is incredible - the fact that the morons, all five of them - especially since the disappointing performance of the newest elected official, who should have known to leave her school board mentality behind - is that the County Board of Supervisors will actually go through the motions of a candidate search. The exercise will make it appear as though they are looking for a qualified candidate to fill the position. In truth, the last thing the board wants is a qualified candidate to fill the position since between all of them they have fewer sets of balls than a gelding running at Saratoga in the August heat. The furthest thing from their agendas is finding someone who might be qualified enough to question their frivolous antics with the taxpayer’s money.
So Tandy, by George, will be perfect for the job since he has spent the last few years on John Sweeten’s knee doing a Charlie McCarthy impersonation when it came to anything worth thinking or talking about.
Tandy, for all those who weren’t paying attention is the gent who went to bat for Tony Colon the executive director of the county’s special programs. The guy lost a few million in grant money, screwed up so bad the Feds came in to investigate, and on top of all this while Colon’s group was stuffing little boys and girls in dumpsters under the Head Start Program Banner, Tandy went to his defense. Tandy is the one guy who stood up and claimed that Colon’s actions were nothing to get upset about. He will be the perfect dummy for the ventriloquists of the county. But don’t think Tandy is stupid just because he is the only one moving his lips. If he can garner 366 days as the County Administrator, he can purchase the same high priced under water photography equipment that Jacque Cousteau Sweeten has in his waterproof valise. Tandy will chalk up more pension money credits than any other survivor in the Guatemalan jungle. And, if you don’t think Tandy is a survivor, than come on in an put your application for County Administrator in for review.
Of course the only guy who could possibly give Tandy the nudge, and give the ball-less Board of Supes a run for their money would be Ernie Mariner. Ernie was what people back east call a "Maine-iac". He came from Maine where they tell it like it is. And, that is exactly what Mariner did. He told the city council in Pittsburg where to go and what to do while he was City Manager of that community. He then he tore up a few new roads, and other things, in Lafayette when he ran that community. Finally he had enough of California politics and moved back to Maine.
Sweeten would have liked Mariner. Unlike Sweeten, who is, a sort of Mariner-since his last job stop was in Marin, the real Mariner was exactly that - Real. Not a politician kissing ass so that he can get a bigger and better pension at the taxpayers expense, not a person sitting on a board of supervisors frivolously spending money, trying to get airports rezoned, and developers a bit more comfortable all the while with their eyes on Sacramento. No, Mariner would set these morons straight, but he got fed up and moved back to Maine.
And speaking of fed up, I did a quick exit poll yesterday at lunch. I asked if a certain person would rather vote for Mark DeSaulnier or somebody else for State Assembly, a seat DeSaulnier has had his eye on since he bought that new chair he has at home. Before I could finish the sentence the person said “DeSaulnier”. When I asked why, she simply said, “Let’s get him out of here”.
It may be time to buy stock in an underwater camera company.