Bill (and others):

I agree with some parts of what you say, other parts, not so much:

Bill, you wrote:

“You guys sound like you're going a little soft on one of your favorite council outsiders. I wonder what the reaction would be if one of the "old guard" missed the tax deadline, ran a red light, or had a shoelace untied.”

Well, if they “missed” a tax deadline by a day or two, or perhaps because there was confusion due to differing deadlines (such as some tax deadlines occurring on the 15^th versus the 30^th, depending upon whether the tax was federal, state or local, I might have one response. If they “ignored” a tax deadline because they thought that they were “special”, I might have a different response. As I stated, “getting caught up in a situation” “while trying to do the right thing” would bring a different response from me than trying to flaunt one’s position, and would merit a different response.

Bill, You continued:

“I wonder if this will impact his meteoric, Obama-like ascent and the grueling 2 month fire-training educational path he's on? AJ's youth is no excuse. If he's old enough to be trusted with council decisions he's old enough to avoid rolling around on the ground with girls.”

I agree, that is why I gave him only a temporary “thumbs up” until we hear the proverbial “rest of the story!”

Wasteful, you wrote:

"Took the High Road give me a break. This is not Junior High and we are not talking about 15 year olds. The Journal has put out 3 different versions of this story since 5AM this morning each time getting easier and easier on AJ."

In the second version AJ was interfering with the officers by interrupting them while they were doing their investigation. That has disappeared from the third version.”

AJ tends to talk over people and wants to control the meetings. He should take a hint here and listen once in awhile and learn when to shut up.

I've been in AJ's vicinity one time, and boy he could do some talking when it concerned himself. The "kid" seems full of himself if you ask me.