Thu, Nov 26 2009
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Mike Pound: Parking, speeches, ovations lengthen swearing-in trip By the way, the first time I remember meeting Ron was more than 20 years ago, when he was a member of the Joplin Planning and Zoning Commission and I was working for a local TV station. If you have never attended a Planning and Zoning Commission meeting, I need to point out that it’s pretty much like watching paint dry, only without the built-in drama.
Anyway, at one meeting the commission was naming a street in a new subdivision. The street name in question was Poplar, and one of the commission members said, “What’s a poplar?” Before anyone could answer, Ron said, loudly, “It’s a tree, nursery breath,” which made me laugh. It was the only time I have laughed in a Planning and Zoning Commission meeting. So I’m thinking if Ron can make me laugh in a Planning and Zoning Commission meeting, he will probably make a pretty good speaker of the House (whatever that is), and I want to wish him all the luck in his new job. I also want to remind Ron that I don’t have any money, and even if I did, I am not going to give it to him — unless, of course, he can validate my parking ticket. 
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