Macon politics: A study in wasting time

I've been here 9 years. This is about par for the course. From Matt Barnwell here at The Telegraph:

Police were summoned to Macon City Hall Tuesday night after City Council President Pro Tem James Timley said one of City Council President Miriam Paris’ sons threatened him.

And that's how Tuesday evening and most of Wednesday died in uselessness. That, and not enough council members showed up Tuesday to pass an open container variance for a music festival coming up later this month.

Council President Paris, by the way, was due in court Monday over this:

Macon police cited City Council President Miriam Paris with two misdemeanors this weekend: failure to restrain a dog and resisting or interfering with an officer. ...

In his report, (Officer) Wantz said he then offered copies of the law to Paris but she said she already had them. At that point, the officer said he asked Paris if she was part of City Council.

“Aaah ... I think I’m the president,” he said she told him. Wantz then asked Paris for identification. She initially refused, saying that she had just gotten off the phone with Chief Mike Burns, and that he told her not to show the officer her ID, according to Wantz.

The case was continued Monday. So we'll all get to waste time on that silliness for a good while longer.