Is E. St. Louis Mayor Alvin Parks out of his Gorram Mind?

Some of the folks in question. Photo; Michael Calhoun

Somebody slipped off the democracy wagon and ended up in the cart we use to haul trash around. The Mayor is getting too authoritarian for his own good, much less for the good of the citizens of East St. Louis, and needs to be voted out fast. If I lived there, I'd be going for a no-confidence vote in the senate hell-for-leather style.

Something similar happened in New Orleans right after Katrina, with Nagen et al unconstitutionally grabbing guns from citizens and destroying property. They ended up being held in contempt by a Federal District Court and being told to set things right. Twain once wrote that history doesn't repeat, but it does rhyme. Looks like Alvin Parks knows the words and is humming right along.

All I can say is that this country needs to go Libertarian post-haste before the whole cart goes sour.