You might want to hold off until October to watch these, or at least sit in a very air conditioned room.

What committee meetings are all about:

You can also hear about the basics of City Council meetings in the first fireside chat video. If you don’t care about the basics, watch this anyway for a cheap laugh as a baby tries to pick a politician’s nose.

The second fireside chat is devoted to teaching us about what the deal is with commissions and task forces. I found this the most informative, as now I can prepare my letter to the mayor expressing my interest in any task force dealing with fashion, especially fashion mistakes.

The rest of the Council needs to step it up. Who’s going to do a poolside chat? Perhaps someone can cover how to effectively deliver an opinion at the beginning of a Council meeting.