For the last eight years, former football player and actor Alan Autry has been the mayor of Fresno. (Which, for him, seems to mean spending a lot of time at Starbucks.) Some people here love the guy. Others, well, not so much.
Remember that lawsuit between the homeless people and the City of Fresno? Remember when it settled and the mayor decided not just to make public comments contradicting the settlement, but to waltz into a federal courthouse and make snide remarks at Judge Oliver Wanger?
Now Mayor Autry and Judge Wanger are going to have a debate. In public. On “the proper role of courts in society.” And here is the best part: They’re selling tickets. Yes, for a mere fifteen dollars you can get lunch and a debate between a former actor and a federal judge.
Should be pretty interesting. Almost sounds like the mayor was informally sentenced to a little community service. I know I’ll be there. Reserved my ticket yesterday.
Seems like this should be a betting event…..as in, how many minutes will it take for Autry to make a complete fool of himself???
Five dollars on the first 10 minutes!
I was thinking 10 minutes myself as well. Hmmm, ok, I’m in for $5 in 7 minutes! : )
I guess I better get a ticket. Don’t know if I can trust a bunch of lawyer-types to be honest about the timing of Bubba’s first flub.
You know how lawfolk are, always trying to serve their interests ‘n’ such.
And here I was going to suggest that Peter be the impartial time keeper…
Hey Peter, I’ll give you 40% of my winnings to be the impartial time keeper.
I’m thinking I won this one. Two minutes into his time, Autry declared that the Declaration of Independence supersedes the Constitution. At just under 7 minutes in, he launched into his ridiculous argument about “judicial notice”.
Peter, what do you think? Do either of those qualify as Autry making a fool out of himself?