Hardly news --- PTB, Powers That Be in Ralston intend to stay in power!!!

In a no-surprise front page PUFF PIECE in this week's Ralston Rag, editor "Colonel" Klink -- himself a mere lackey of the Rag's owner THE OMAHA WEIRD HAROLD -- announced that all three village council incumbent members up for election intend to run for re-election. Duh! What a surprise, NOT!

The entire council consists of nonentities who are nothing more than rubber stamps and sycophants of Ralston's five-term Mayor Don "The Don" Grossest. As long as the somnolent voting sheeple of Ralston vote for these guys, real progress won't occur. Remember the last council election? One council candidate spoke to this writer and promised to send me a position paper, delineating what he thought were the issues in the election. Of course, the gasbag didn't keep his promise!

Then I threw out the challenge to the candidates to tell us, the voting public, what differentiates them from one another and/or from El Grossissimo.

• Their silence was deafening! Ya see, the way things are spozed to work here in our sleepy little hamlet is that the town is run by the good ole boy (and girl) network, run by the Chamber Pot of Commerce, which enjoys its incestuous relationship with our politicians by poetically officing in the former town jail at the Town Hall.
• It's just like when we were all in high school. The popular kids, usually the jocks and the cheerleaders and their clique, run for office. And it's nothing more than a popularity contest.
• Each candidate issues a bio and some literature bragging about his/her memberships and family.
• Each picks a no-brainer of a non-issue to support: this year's issue du jour is the new arena.
• No one will dare to question the heavy-handed way that the public was LIED to, at least deceived, about a yes/no referendum.
  
• No one will mention how the Ralston American Legion was bullied and bulldozed and almost evicted and then, robbed of most of its parking and safe ingress/egress/
• No one will dare ask QUI BONO? -- Who is lining his/her pockets from this deal? Why is Hizzonner shelling out megabucks to his crony outside "consultants" to explore no-brainers such as the impact on traffic?
• Do like me: get someone, someone not in bed with the PTB, to run for council. Or run yourself. Or just write in the name of someone you trust!
  
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