Mayors drink juice and coffee, chew fat

This blogging business gets old hat sometimes, and speaking of old hats, Marion Mayor Robert Butler met with a hatless Carbondale Mayor Brad Cole at a summit meeting at Marion Steak & Shake yesterday, the likes of which has not been seen since ... (choose one)

a. Harry met Sally
b. Napoleon met his Waterloo
c. New York Met, Mike Piazza
d. Dillard met Butler

Butler is so outrageous--he gets carried away with the sound of his own voice and pontificates forever. But Brad got off some good one-liners of his own, and both agreed to "spare no effort" to get better service from MediaCom. Something that should have been done a long time ago, Butler says, although the elderly Mayor stops short at picking up a banner and crusading, in order to spare some effort. (I'll bet Brad Cole would gladly pick up a banner and crusade, if it would make Carbondale a better place to watch television. What mayor of the best city in Southern Illinois would not?)

You can read more about this historic meeting . . . here.