Luke, I am your father…. Would you like to make that a combo meal?

I’m with Mark. I think accountability matters. I would like to know, for example, if Marston is a key campaign adviser to Brad Winter, or Greg Payne in drag. But I actually have a bigger problem with Marston Moore than his/her anonymity.

In his/her entire, well-written, knowledgeable, obviously well-informed piece, there is by my count exactly one word about policy. One of the great failings of the mainstream media in covering elections is the tendency toward horserace journalism – who’s ahead, by how many points, who’s positioning themselves where to capture which block of voters? That’s what matters to political insiders, people who style themselves players in the game, but it isn’t (or shouldn’t be) what matters to citizens trying to understand how their votes might influence the city’s future.

You didn’t ask for my advice, Marston, but I’ll offer it anyway. If you want to capture this reader’s attention, sign your name so I can judge for myself who you are and what your agenda might be. And tell me what effect you think these people will actually have on the city we all love.

(P.S. Mark’s suggestion notwithstanding, I’m pretty sure I’m not Coco. But who knows? If dreams were thunder, lightnin’ were desire, this old house would have burned down a long time ago.)

Ya know what I’d like is one of those trucks like the railroad guys use, that has regular tires but also those railroad wheels that drop down so you can drive it on the railroad tracks? That’d be cool. Or a Shelby Cobra. Or a riding mower. That would be neat, too.

Grandma Stops Intruder With Garden Gnome:

“He lay there and I began to scream. I went back into the kitchen and found a rolling pin in case he came down. I didn’t want to break another GNOME.”