Friday, January 06, 2006
Do you have one?
Here’s a great “only in RI” story in today’s Projo.
This is impossible to make up.
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Voodoo doll, tempers stun residents at council meeting
FOSTER, RI -- "This is the kind of hostile environment we are working in," Town Clerk Ann Irons said, brandishing a voodoo doll, as she stood up in front of the Town Council and residents at last night's meeting.
Irons -- during a debate over who should evaluate the job performance of Town Treasurer Jonathan E. Mitchell -- said she had found the doll on the Public Works Director Richard Grant's desk.
Members of the audience gasped and yelled and Town Council President Heidi Rogers banged her gavel trying to restore order. But Irons continued and said that a large A for Anne and J for Jonathan had been inscribed on the front and back of the doll, which she said Grant was using to intimidate her and the treasurer.
Before the meeting began, another resident Paul Lagerstrom said: "I get depressed coming to these meetings. What I feel bad about is that I voted for these people."
Richard Grant (the doll owner) said Irons is mistaken about the meaning of the letters on the doll. He said the A is for his wife, Ann and the J is for his “friend named Joe.”
This is impossible to make up.
Link
Voodoo doll, tempers stun residents at council meeting
FOSTER, RI -- "This is the kind of hostile environment we are working in," Town Clerk Ann Irons said, brandishing a voodoo doll, as she stood up in front of the Town Council and residents at last night's meeting.
Irons -- during a debate over who should evaluate the job performance of Town Treasurer Jonathan E. Mitchell -- said she had found the doll on the Public Works Director Richard Grant's desk.
Members of the audience gasped and yelled and Town Council President Heidi Rogers banged her gavel trying to restore order. But Irons continued and said that a large A for Anne and J for Jonathan had been inscribed on the front and back of the doll, which she said Grant was using to intimidate her and the treasurer.
Before the meeting began, another resident Paul Lagerstrom said: "I get depressed coming to these meetings. What I feel bad about is that I voted for these people."
Richard Grant (the doll owner) said Irons is mistaken about the meaning of the letters on the doll. He said the A is for his wife, Ann and the J is for his “friend named Joe.”
// posted by mac1 @ 5:31 PM 
