Reply #6: Good grief. Sounds familiar.

[LizW]

Our city council thinks they are little emperors, too. They are antagonistic towards anyone who speaks against them. I can't tell you how many times I've been told, "You shouldn't be saying that." Once the mayor called me (the MAYOR!) and told me "as a friend" to stop speaking against the city council. I told him, "T-----," (I called him by his first name, since, you know, we're friends) "I'm never going to shut up. I'm a taxpayer."