The Chronicle‘s Alexis Grant reports on the hilarity that ensued at Council when the topic of Councilmember Peter Brown’s vacation in France (and missed Council meetings) came up:
[Councilmember Peter] Brown missed two meetings last month while on vacation in Nice, France, where his wife spent the summer. During one of the meetings, a staffer or fellow council member put a sign on his chair that read “Out of Town Brown.”
He missed the other meeting earlier this summer, also for a trip to Nice, one of Houston’s sister cities. That trip was listed as city business because he met with Nice’s mayor.
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Brown was in his seat this week when Mayor Bill White briefed the council on the state of freight rail here. Brown pressed for details, asking: “Are we headed toward some kind of master plan that would identify priorities for the city in terms of mobility and protecting neighborhoods from noise?”
That brought laughs from several council members, and White smiled while considering how to respond.
“We adopted it last week when you were in France,” he replied.
Ha ha ha! What great fun!
Not really.
It doesn’t make much sense that a guy who campaigned so hard for so long to be on City Council doesn’t take the job more seriously. In fact, it’s annoying.
