Plano city council meeting goes off the rails (TX)

[Nevilledog]

Link to tweet

[secondwind]

1. Lol. Don't quit your day job

[TexasTowelie]

5. GMTA.

His current employer might decide to disassociate with this clown too.

[TexasTowelie]

2. I made it through about 20 seconds of the clip

before I became so annoyed with his voice that I gave up. The guy better keep his day job.

[Fiendish Thingy]

4. I got to a minute...something about Zelenskyy? Nt

[mcar]

3. I have no words.

[Dr. Strange]

6. I gotta say, I'm not a fan of this Gong Show reboot.

[demmiblue]

7. Lol! I'm calling his song "Ukraine in the Membrane".

Here is the captioned version (sort of... lol):

Link to tweet

[WhiskeyGrinder]

8. Dude's a conspiracy-theorist performance artist. He's done this before.

[tanyev]

9. What...the...heck does that have to do with City of Plano issues?

[Wingus Dingus]

10. Why don't they just cut his mike and turn the cameras off?

Seriously, why be subjected to that?

[Caliman73]

11. They cannot

During the public speaking portion of any city council, county BOS, etc... meeting people have a right to public comment. The only thing that is not allowed is direct threats to the safety of members or the public, or things like inciting violence.

I have been to many council meeting and BOS meetings and you find out quickly which of your neighbors and community members are absolutely "Nuts". The members just have to sit and listen. There is a time limit on statements however.

[Wingus Dingus]

12. He can still do his "rap" for the council.

They don't need to give him the means to make a video performance out of it. It's clear he's a lunatic attention whore.

[Caliman73]

13. Perhaps.

Most government entities also now have "transparency" laws which make it mandatory that their proceedings be recorded or streamed over public access channels so that members of the community can stay informed about government proceedings.

I do not disagree with your assessment of the guy, nor the problem of platforming. I am merely stating the challenges faced by public officials with regards to preventing this sort of stupidity.

[Liberal In Texas]

15. The downside of public access. n/t

[Leith]

14. Well, that's 2 1/2 minutes of my life

that I'm not going to get back.

[Brainfodder]

18. Spared mine, thanks!

Queue the super cute puppy/kitten videos!

I try to avoid the super mega ignoramus stuff as much as possible in video format, any how.

[brooklynite]

16. Meh, I've seen better

Once had a guy do 3 minutes of free-form poetry at three separate meetings. Public Hearings bring you a captive audience...

[Torchlight]

17. This is why living in Texas can be so entertaining sometimes.

We've got a pretty large population giving us a big share of America's whack-jobs.

Reading about stuff like this or our "dangerous invasion of swamp rats" or some such, I just end up giggling madly.

[blogslug]

19. I read through that Twitter thread

The guy who followed him was almost as ridiculous. Also the bad rapper is some local wingnut conspiracy jerk who occasionally spouts liberal ideas to be ironic, but mostly he's just a sexist, racist homophobe.