Mayor Pothole Looks Back

Mayor Pothole And The Dumbasses Who Made Him Possible
Mayor Pothole And Supporters

I keep forgetting to link to this Houston Press profile on Mayor Pothole, which for the most part is fair and accurate. Indeed, Mayor Pothole makes the case that things have only seemed like a disaster, and that he really hasn't gotten enough credit for his wondrous accomplishments:

"I've run more complex organizations than this city," says Brown dismissively, in response to a question about the well-documented problems with his staff turnover and infighting.

"I have been the police commissioner of New York City, with almost twice as many employees as I have now and bigger than the city of Houston's budget. I worked as a cabinet member with a $14 billion budget.

"I've been successful at every job I've had, so I come into this job with a wealth of experience, managing people, complex organizations. That experience has served this city well, which is evident by the outcome."

Uh huh. You just keep telling yourself that, Big Guy.

It's too bad that this is print, because it really doesn't capture the stuttering, odd pauses, and incoherent jumble that typifies every sentence that comes flying out of the man's mouth. Like I said above, this piece is fair. Probably too fair.

I love this bit of reasoning:

"I can't support Orlando, because he's not qualified to run, and I can't support Michael Berry, because he's not qualified to run. It would have been better if he had just taken the time to learn his way around City Hall before he decided to run for mayor."

Well, let's see. Orlando won several city-wide elections for council, yet he's not qualified. But if Michael Berry had stayed around for a while like Orlando, "it would have been better" (presumably meaning he would be qualified). I just love Mayor Pothole's logical consistency.

What a buffoon.

Thank goodness he gets to go away, courtesy of term limits.

[Posted at 21:44 CST on 05/19/03] [Link]