I don't know why I didn't think of this sooner. Why should we, the public, wait on city council to have dinner behind closed doors? Why should we, the people, who are paying for their dinner go without?
My solution is simple. Just stop off at your local eatery and have them fix you a dinner to go. When the council breaks for dinner, you will have your own meal, ready to eat.
I would propose that the city invest some money in a rack along one of the city council walls to hold condiments, such as, mustard, mayo, ketchup, hot sauce, salt, pepper, and of course napkins. This could, or could not be stocked by the city. If not, then, we the citizens can keep the shelf stocked. And while we are spending OUR money, why not install "seat back trays" to each city council chamber seat, so we have someplace to put our food and drink.
Once the city council sees that we bring our own food, maybe, just maybe, we can all eat toghther in the city council chambers and continue the meeting. Of course when we see them eating steak, and us eating tacos, that could cause some complaining.
Nah, they won't come out of their hidout for dinner. What was I thinking. They are much more refined and responsible, than we are. They need their private dinner time, probably for illegal deal making (remember they cannot meet without posting an agenda) or the like. Opps, maybe we need to see the dinner time discussion agenda posted.
Or how about this. Before we turn city council chambers into a mustard, mayo, salsa, stained garbage pit (insert your own joke here), how about we cancel all dinners at city hall while the council is meeting. That would be cleaner, and eliminate steak/taco envy.
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