The City Council has just eviscerated its own ethics process  --  in its first use.  The members of the ethics panel, who served as volunteers and crafted a Solomonic recommendation, have a right to feel betrayed.  

I believe Michael Meredith made the most important point in the discussion, when he reminded Council that Cherie Kidd still maintains she behaved correctly.  That alone makes it reasonable to replace her as Deputy Mayor.

I find it especially ironic that Brad Collins insists that admonishment  --  the lightest possible slap on the wrist  --  is too harsh a punishment for Ms Kidd's behavior.  At the actual meeting in question, Collins was so confused by Kidd's hysterical behavior that he left his seat at the table, but did not leave the room.

Lee Whetham continues to look like the only grown-up on the Council.  And Ms Kidd continues to look like an unrepentant, ill-behaved Daddy's little girl.