Op-ed:
It just dawned on me that Hickey, Tornquist, Solberg and of course the biggest perpetrator of all, Bookmeyer….are all suffering from extreme hallucinations brought on by a growing sense of reality that during their last term they have collectively accomplished nothing, nada, zero.
Bookmeyer has succeeded in loading up various panels and commissions with his hand picked stooges. If you are of the persuasion that doesn’t care about those less fortunate than you then you’ll be pleased that Bookmeyer succeeded in slamming the door on the local human rights department, a bastion of hope that has stood in this community for half a century protecting the poor and less fortunate. The reason given was financial….which was of course a bold face lie. Bookmewyer failed in his attempt to spread an unproven emission across the city that could well have been carcinogenic. The only real talent I can ascertain is his unfailing ability to get wacked….over and over again. I have evidence he is good at interviewing domestic help as well.
Hickey gave a sterling performance defending the homeowners in his ward against the bully Mercy Health Care Systems. His efforts were nothing less than magic….black magic to be more precise. He stuck his hand into various city departments in an attempt to dismantle that which was running perfectly….failed miserably.
Solberg was herself times 100, she accomplished exactly nothing during her entire time at that council table….and she did it beautifully. In fact if she hand not been audible every time she voted in accordance to whatever Bookmeyer purposed, you wouldn’t have even known she was present. And now she wants to do the exact same thing all over again, only this time when she votes yes….she’ll speak louder, what a difference that’ll make!
Turnquist thinks he’s the lead actor in a play…..and he is, only it’s a dark comedy. When he walks onto the set and takes his seat….he’s camera ready; He is ready to throw himself onto the sword for Eric….like he did when he looked right into the camera and lied to the entire metropolitan area in matters concerning the Human Rights Agency….and he delivered his lines with complete compunction just as any actor would. When Bookmeyer strategically placed him on the Landfill board he once more delivered a dismal performance befitting someone of his ilk. In other words he got his lunch handed to him by the board. Turnquist is pleased to be your councilperson at large just as long as you never approach him directly or for that matter, never ask him anything at anytime. Turnquist should return every dollar this city has paid him.
Now we all hear campaign ads that will proclaim figments of their imagination, hallucinations coming from people who quickly forgot they were voted into office and were not really put there by Divine intervention .
Peter J. Children
23 thoughts on “Hallucinations (by Peter Children)”
I’ve seen the whole council him haw and say “ah what” many many times. Yes that is correct no defense when you are wrong.
Not to mention all the times they have been exposed and were speechless. Come on you know. If you are in denial look it up it’s all here.
When you are confronted with the truth, there is no defense. This means you attack anything and everything else. Here is an example of just that.
3 W O R D S IF spelled correctly for you.
Tornquist Hickey Solberg
After that we can move on to extra words or to be english proper extra NAMES
Bookmeyer Marinos Kuhn
Pay attention and really listen you will see. It’s your money.
Oh who gives a shit. You get it and you know it’s true. Such foo foo bitchs. oopps call that word out. People start worrying, everyone is freakin about some kind spelling issues. They can’t wrap their p brains around the real problems going on.
Good luck MC.
insane3 – so tell us what the real problems are. Just throwing around random word bombs does not convey anything – list the problems & the solutions as you see them.
Did anyone read the Globe today? Hickey wrote a letter to Editor He is voting yes for the Tax Levy. So just a re cap… he is for the citizens and community growth and economic development.. hmmm 1 million dollars to have properties assessed… but the outcome will be higher value due to inflation. (I would bet money on it) So we the taxpayer, pay for the assessments then get our taxes raised. He is voting to raise them tomorrow for the school Levy, and he wants us to pay for information requested from City employees because why as a tax payer should he pay for someone else’s service. Really Travis, You lost my vote today for sure! Go Back to FED EX and stay there. We are done with you!
Easy answer,
Live in Ward 2 Vote Jodi Draper
Lots of immature and unneeded comments! If everyone here would work towards improving Mason City instead of bashing we could possibly make a difference! Both sides probably have some legit. Points, but everyone tends to take one side or the other. If this city is ever going to move ahead in a positive way, ALL need to work for the “good of the cause!” We all need to decide what we firmly believe in and “stand our ground!”, but also be willing to compromise when needed. I do agree that there needs to be some changes to the council, etc. Let your voice be heard and VOTE this time! We still live in a democracy fortunately!
Precisely WHY we are saddled with the idio’s on the council. Look at what the people are really concerned with that write here…. Peter’s spelling.
Birds of a feather that’s for sure. Turn, Hick, Sol see what you have in followers. Big dumb duds. And they are the ones that vote. You 3 are pip squeeks of the finest form. The mayor too. No worry you’ll be back in becuase that’s what we have here to vote…more pip squeeks. So don’t think for a minute it’s because you are some grand piece of political work. Quite the contrary.
Enjoy your fantastic venture of doing nothing and not caring for ANYONE but your selves.
Insane3 – If one is trying to make a point, clarity in its delivery is important. When one’s grammar & spelling appear to be challenged the message suffers.
Exactly, forever49. It really surprises me how people don’t seem to realize spelling matters. Immediately I question what I am reading when the message is misspelled. Changing a persons last name purposely is juvenile at best. Like Bookmeyers name for instance. Tornquist also. But that’s just me.
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If all you people who comment here would put as much effort into bettering this community as you do in correcting commentors’ spelling, this would be a much better city to live in.
I think that Peter just had some spelling issues in that one. Devine= divine.
Turnquist is Tornquist. The points made were right on!!
Your conspiracy theorys are so misguided. Oh, and there was no shooter on the grassy knoll.
Peter – I have to say you excel at the writing in a decidedly juvenile name calling bombastic style.
What would your diatribes look like if you actually presented facts and realistic solutions instead of personality driven drivel and untruths?
I, too, am so weary of Pete’s negativity. I wish he would hallucinate something positive for a change. There is such a thing as constructive criticism, but Pete has never heard of this. He has no solutions to anything other than to vote the bums out and disagree with everything they do. I really doubt a different council will do much better in our social and economic environment unless it gets tough enough on criminals and druggies to drive them out of town and make this a more attractive place to live. Read the book “Methland” about Oelwein, Iowa, to see what needs to be done to turn this into a first rate community again. There ARE solutions, but we need a council that will take the necessary steps to implement them, not just naysayers, Debbie Downers, and Peter Pessimists.
Im asking this because I do not know. When peter has written an op-ed about the city fathers of Mason City, he writes about what he has seen. You insinuate he writes so many articles about the bad they do. I then ask you this. what good have they actually done? that is, something that will be a no brainer, and not one persons opinion weather or not it was positive. May not be so easy? Or you could also write those articles. Matt will publish them for you.
The people responsible for the elimination of the Human Rights Commission in Mason city should not be trusted – crooks!
Anonymous – I for one am glad they found a way to eliminate paying twice for the same service. A real “crook” would have let this continue on into the future.
Do your homework– this was a free service to the public.
They just wanted to get rid of Lionel… You can see that by all the excess spending that has been done since they eliminated the department– which they said was due to budget constraints…. what a joke!!
Bookmeyer and Hickey were the main perps on this and drug the others along in the mud…
Did u see where the Iowa Civil Rights Department– our new go to agency has a history of charging and overcharging entities– supposed to also be free. It was in the Des Moines Register and NIT.
Good luck if u need to file a complaint….
Marybeth – oh, I did my homework and you are right, it was “free” to the users.
There was nothing “free” about it for the taxpayers who were paying twice – for the City’s HRC and for the State’s HRC. If you can prove anyone was out to “get” Lionel I’d like to see it.
As to accounting matters in Des Moines, I am sure they will get this worked out.
I do thank Turnquist for something which was his greater than all you common folk performance to the LNI board which was the nail in the coffin for the waste to energy plant. Think how much we would have been burnt for that place.
“put there by Devine intervention” So you are saying Colleen Devine is pulling strings to get these people elected?
Peter might be on to something here.It all makes sense now.