The Mad Councilor of Watertown

Paul Day offers the play by play for your basic Watertown town-council meeting, featuring Mad Councilor Marilyn Devaney:

... Marilyn starts talking about the recycling center again. Sweet fucking jesus. We're thrown back into chaos. She makes a motion about something lost in the Altman-esque fray. Clyde repeats the motion. No second comes. "There is no second," Clyde says tensely, "so it DIES." Naturally, Marilyn's not going to take this standing up and protests.

"There is no second," seethes Clyde.

"Hrrrmph, hrrmph", hrrmphs Marilyn.

"I'll second," pipes up Hecht.

"Don't try to placate me," she hisses. ...