"Crackers" Day in Kissimmee

The highly anticipated announcement of the return of "Crackers the City Crime Fighting Chicken" was aired on the local news last night. Steve (Crackers) Burke waited until the City Manager was out of town to make the bold move of attacking our City Government and staff on traveling to California to complete the competition for the All America City award. For any of you who remember the exploits of Crackers while he was a Kissimmee City Commissioner, you will remember some of the other chicken style stunts he has pulled in the past. His point; the City of Kissimmee should not spend $27,000 of the Commission's Discretionary Fund on the trip because that money should be used in the Downtown for more police (well maybe half of an officer for $27,000) . It does not matter that the discretionary fund cannot be used to pay for more police, because he has never been good at telling the whole story, or the truth for that matter, so why would we expect it now. The truth only gets taller as election season approaches and one's need to run again gets bigger.

A couple of questions for Crackers: Where have you been while the rest of the community has been fighting to help the police department? Where have you been while we were fighting the budget crisis? Where have you been while the school board has been trying to steal an important piece of land from our redevelopment district? Where have you been while the discussion of the All America City award has been going on?

Guess it is harder to lay eggs than it once was.