Oh the irony.

At Wednesday's meeting where the Council was to discuss the controversial Westpark alignment to connect Highway 58 to the Westside parkway, Vice Mayor Harold Hanson made a presentation to Jacques LaRochelle, a long time roads planner who is leaving to go to work for Napa.

Jacques was instrumental in getting the Thomas money for roads. He knew more about roads and road funding that pretty much anyone at the city. But when we got the money, he was mysteriously cut from the Thomas roads team. Instead, City Manager Alan Tandy and Public Works Director Raul Rojas took the lead.

Eventually, he was pushed out of roads entirely and put in the water resources dept. Shortly thereafter, this nearly 20-year city veteran got a new job. Hmmmmm.

With Tandy at the helm of the Thomas projects, progress went into a tailspin until Cong. Bill Thomas himself came to the city and gave an historic tongue lashing to Tandy and others, reportedly.

Thomas sat behind LaRochelle as he graciously accepted the council's well wishes.

Rojas had a lot of nice things to say. Tandy said nothing.

Interesting.