Pearl of Wisdom # 56 Fallout

If you're an elected or appointed local public official, expect to receive fallout "when anything hits the fan" - even if you were out of town, in the hospital recovering from open heart surgery, and had absolutely nothing to do with it.

Pearl of Wisdom # 55 Productive Public Hearing

You never know for sure when it will arrive, but there comes a moment during every public hearing when you know nothing more productive can possibly come out of the rest of the meeting.