Shredder's Sights on Settle

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Well, I'll say it again. As my dear departed Father used to say, "Jiminy Christmas. What's goin' on?"

I took a stroll through downtown Friday afternoon, did some banking, bought stamps at the Post Office, got a cup of coffee, and picked up the first copy of the New Times I've seen in months. I scanned the cover and flipped to the Shredder to see what if anything was noteworthy.

Much to my surprise, old Shred was following up on my questions about the wayward Councilman Allen Settle from a couple of months ago. Sad to say that it was no surprise that Shred didn't note where it got the lead, but at least someone (something?) is checking up on Settle. I guess I'll just be satisfied that the information is becoming more widespread.

Shred noted, "When the city attorney was asked, he said it's tricky to say exactly what the rules are about where an elected city official has to live. Funny. Doesn't seem too terribly tricky to me. If you represent a place as an elected official you should actually live there. And not just part time."

No doubt about that. The only thing tricky is, as usual, the City Attorney, but that's yet another story for another time. It's not real complicated -- you run for the City Council, you live in the city.

Shades of Jerry Lenthall and his complicated living arrangement.

A recent puff-piece in Cal Poly's Mustang Daily called "Professor" Settle a "Man of Law" and started the piece with, "If you've never had the privilege to meet Allen Settle, you only have to peer inside his cramped and cluttered office to understand just how academically involved this professor of municipal government, public law and finance, and member of the San Luis Obispo City Council, truly is."

Well, Settle may be "academically involved," but it certainly seems that he may also be ethically challenged. Quite an example for a professor of ". . . municipal government, public law and finance . . ." to be setting for his students.

Some "Man of Law." Shame on you Allen Settle.