November 8, 2007

Rudeness

Gov. Phil Bredesen has always been a tad thin-skinned, and it shows in today's AP story about the proposed underground party room he wants to build at the Governor's Mansion, a project that will cost taxpayers $3.86 million. "They were rude to my wife," the governor says of neighbors who are opposed to the project, and had the audacity to say so at a meeting Bredesen's wife, Andrea Conte, held with them to discuss the project tell the neighbors what was about to be shoved down their throats.

Governor, with all due respect, it is you and your wife who have been rude to your neighbors. Oh, wait. They aren't your neighbors. You don't even live at the mansion. You won't be affected by the blasting, the construction noise, or the traffic and noise from all of the many events that will be held in the new party room.