A Weird And Wonderful Week

Tuesday night we had Council in Committee. I stayed up until five a.m., watching and listening to a replay of the speeches at the Democratic National Convention.
Wednesday there were more speeches that I couldn't possibly miss
Thursday and Friday I had some stuff to do for myself.
Thursday night,  more  speeches culminated  with the President's nomination acceptance speech.
I can't help it. To me, we are watching history in the making.
I've listened to many memorable  speeches in my life.. 
In the history of the world, I think  there is no office more important or  times more fraught with  danger and difficulty than now, and  the office of the President of the United States of  America.
I  watched with horrid fascination the talking heads of the media  as they  indulge their propensity for expertise in all things. 
From seats on the sidelines, they   know with never a doubt but without actual experience, exactly what should  and should not be said  in order to manage  minds. 
I managed to get a couple of blogs written . But I didn't get my notice of motion re-written and forwarded to the Clerk's office in time to be included in this week's agenda. 
I did  that  yesterday and circulated it to Council  members. I will e-mail the clerk this morning and ask for it to be included as an add-on to the agenda  with a request for waiver of the Procedure Bylaw to allow it to be received.
If a delegation can seek  privilege to appear  until 4 p.m. on a Monday afternoon, I think a notice of motion to be received is not an unreasonable request. .
It's an interesting Agenda.There are fifteen items .
Four are memorandums from the Mayor. Two from Councillor Gaertner. 
Five  items are  from the August 15th meeting. One of them ,a
memorandum from Councillor Gaertner, is  a copy of a resolution from the Town of Markham   prohibiting  the keeping of African Dwarf frogs within their boundaries.
Perhaps my notice of motion  to provide a means and  opportunity for public facilities to be used  for the purpose of an entertainment festival during the 2013 August long week-end ,by inviting expressions of interest from local organisations, could be  slipped in there somewhere without upsetting anyone's apple cart.