Councilman Has President Do His Bidding

Tuesday, the White House announced some sort of plan to help people from losing their houses. Fair enough. But City Councilman Curtis Jones saw the news and sent out a release to let everyone know he cared about the mortgage crisis when it was underground. Nay, he wasn’t just in on this on the ground floor, he was the catalyst for President Bush’s idea!

Addressing a problem identified by Councilman Curtis Jones Jr. in a January 31st resolution, President Bush on Tuesday announced a program entitled “Project Lifeline” an opportunity for those who are 90 days behind in their mortgage payments and face imminent loss of their homes. [...]

“While I am glad the President and the Democratic presidential candidates are finally realizing this is an issue affecting millions of everyday Americans, I have been concerned about this issue for many years, I look forward to examining the subject in depth during the hearing next week. President Bush and Senators Clinton and Obama all agree this is a national problem not seen since the Great Depression,” said Councilman Curtis Jones.

“While I am glad the President is finally realizing this is an issue, I have been concerned about this for many years, I would like to use this to make myself look better as a politician in a run-on sentence.”

Meanwhile, other City Council members are solving the problem of house stealing (122 cases in 2006!) by forming a task force, of course. Hey, Curtis, can you maybe get the Pope to look into this?

Curtis Jones: I beat George W. to the punch [Heard in the Hall]