"You Can't Always Get What You Want."

Rolling Stones song, right?  The next line is "But if you try some time, you might find, you get what you need."

No, I couldn't bear tonight's meeting.  Ginny O'Halpin announced at the outset that the meeting would last until 11:00, because two Commissioners would have to leave then.  So Ginny expected the meeting to drag on as long as it could.  I'm sure she was right.  Endless, and no doubt aimless, as always.  The only possible exception was going to be Mac Kennedy's initiative about land usage, which is euphemism for his wish to avoid "McMansions," whatever "McMansions" are.

So, back to the Stones' song.  It's certainly true that you don't always get what you want.  This, of course, assumes you want something.  The current majority of our Commission don't want anything.  As for whether or not you get what you need, according to the Stones, this depends on whether or not you try some time.  Effort from the majority of this Commission also seems to be in short supply.

So this meeting was going to be about lots of empty chatter.  As I said, the only possible reprieve depended on Mac Kennedy.  But nothing Mac accomplishes has any meaning without some support from the coasters.  Not The Coasters.  That was a great novelty doo wop style group that specialized in Lieber and Stoller songs.  I'm talking about Ginny O'Halpin, Dan Samaria, and Judi Hamelburg.  Those are the disinterested coasters who form an inert majority of the BP Commission.

Anyway, my friend Frank knocked on my door, and I spoke to him instead of listening to things that cause brain death.

I wanted something from this meeting, though.  And I had mixed feelings about it.  I applied to be on the Foundation, and the last I knew, I was the only applicant.  But there were two open seats.  So I figured I'd get appointed, and there would still be one open seat.  But nope.  Two energetic and relatively newer BP residents applied after I did.  They were Jill Grucan and Jonathan Groth (the JG twins).  I found this out because Mac called me to talk to me about the Foundation, to tell me that he learned that not only was I a member in the past, but I was the president of it, and to tell me I was his first choice to get back on it.  (Mac was under the impression that the Foundation's best accomplishments occurred when I was the president, but they weren't.  They were when Steve Taylor was the president, and Victor Romano and two other people and I were on it.  That was at the beginning of the Foundation, and we had a great group.)  And I wanted to get back on the Foundation, because I would get a chance to work with Rafael Ciordia, whom I want to know better.  But when Mac then told me about the JG twins, I told him I wanted him to choose them, because they'll be great members, and they might well have other ambitions (which I don't), and just leave me off.  Mac said he'd propose that I be an alternate.  I said OK.  So I lose my chance to work with Rafael, and Jorge Marinoni, but the Foundation gets significantly strengthened.  That's what the Village needs.

Mac reads this blog.  If he wants to add any discussion, to let readers know what else happened, he's more than welcome to do it.

PS: Mario Diaz continues to impress.  I still miss Ana Garcia and Heidi Siegel, and I was very excited about having Sharon Ragoonan as our manager, but Mario is great.