Broken Vows

I think we now know why Chad the Elder's blog production has been lacking in recent weeks:

St. Louis Park is dropping the contractor that was supposed to build the nation's first solar-powered citywide wireless Internet service. It will soon look for a new partner.

The City Council voted Monday to find Maryland-based Arinc in default of its contract with the city. It's the first step in dissolving the contract entirely.

Although the city has pledged to continue talks with the company, a fight is likely over who gets what and who owes whom. That battle could include a lawsuit.

A municipal government using expensive, untried technology in order to provide a service already offered by many private companies. Who could possibly have seen a problem with that?

Not the intrepid mayor and city council of St. Louis Park But it's good to see that they are finally starting to see the light. The Mayor himself brings us this heart warming lesson:

"As my father said before he ended his marriage: Never remain loyal to a bad idea," said Mayor Jeff Jacobs.

OK. So much for Mother's Day around the ol' Jacobs house.

But it may be good advice for voters to remember next time they get the chance to revisit the idea of having this clown in office for another term.