The Fairfaxian/Mike Ghiringhelli
‘Twas the night before Christmas ’22
all through Fax Town and nay to do
Sleeping Citizens were snoring
There was barely a sound
When a sly council colluded
To steal property and land
The government was smug
without even a care
They never did listen
for what now, is precisely a year
they dared to be deviant, defiant,
and bold
They wagged their finger
The one in the middle
The radical and hateful – DSA
orchestrated our Town Council
Like they were Sopranos
they ruled the day, for a short while
until a few brave, fed up citizens
said this far and out loud
Rescind Rescind Rescind
They promised so proud
Now Cutrano, Now Hellman, Now Blash and Coleson
On Ackerman, On Coler , On Goddard and Abrams
You’re no Dasher, no Dancer, no Prancer, or Vixen
No Comet, or Cupid, no Donner, or Blitzen
I knew them all well
And you’re not one of them
Rescind or Resign, is the sign of the times
stop blindly stealing our town
You’re spending our money like drunken clowns
We trusted you to do no harm
and to be honest,
honestly you’ve failed
There’s no trust and as a council
You’re just a trust bust
But suddenly the wind blew
and scattered the leaves
Something was flying high
hard to see through the trees
bells could be heard, lights, and stars
could be seen
and what happened next
You just couldn’t believe
There was a clackety clunk
on top of town hall
Magnificent four legged bucks
Majestic antlers adorned on all
landed awkwardly on the roof top
as they carried what appeared to be
a broken, silver, electric car, with no place to charge
On the drivers side it revealed
with gloved hands on the wheel
Was a white bearded man or a very hairy girl
(The experts say it’s so darn hard to tell)
Red nose was runny, with a pungent smell
a bottle of red whiskey in hand
The fat one in red jumpsuit yelled
Ho Ho Ho, now pour me a drink
I can barely stand my own stink
It’s Christmas now, a year later
What have we learned from this crazy winter fable?
The truth is stranger than fiction
and silence is never golden
we want our small town back
and property rights too
The minions are now emboldened
We need to stop ridge top houses
and seven story buildings
we want to bring back our
free speech, stop outrageous spending
We want to keep Beserkley in Berkeley,
stop a rogue council,
Answer to our citizens and not
special interests
But most of all
what we really want
is to let Santa deliver
his wonderful presents
and
Save Fairfax from the Grinches!
Merry Christmas Everyone
& Happy Holidays!
(Mike Ghiringelli is a Fairfax businessman, former Council Member, and Associate Editor of the Ross Valley Reporter.)
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