QUID HAS HEARD that the Internet has finally been put to good use decades after it was invented by Al Gore. City officials and actors from the Aurora Fox Theatre teamed together to create a video around Aurora from the theater’s production of “Spamalot.” The banner number from that show — well, among one of them — is the iconic “Always Look on the Bright Side of Life” (the ending song from “The Life of Brian” because Quid is a Python nerd) and was lovingly recreated around the Aurora Municipal Center. The number features, among many highlights, a tap-dancing city manager, line-kicking prisoners at the Aurora Jail and Aurora’s finest police officers handcuffing King Arthur. The whole four-minute YouTube video is what the Internet was invented for, we think. It’s worth wondering: the song’s cleverness was derived from its writer, Eric Idle, singing it while crucified at Golgotha at the end of “Brian.” Similarly, should council’s pay raise stand, the city may want to re-shoot the ending with Mayor Steve Hogan taking the lead.
AND QUID HAS HEARD the can’t-miss event of the year is right around the corner, and Quid doesn’t even have an outfit picked out! Of course, we’re talking about the city’s birthday party on April 27 at the Aurora History Museum. On top of toasting the old girl for turning 123 years old (she doesn’t look a day over 118), the city will mark the occasion with a magician, cake and punch from 1 p.m. to 4 p.m. Apparently that’s when you go to bed when you’re 123 years old. Put on your teeth and Sunday best for this extravaganza because next year, Quid’s in charge. For 124, there’ll be a mayor dunking booth at the Aurora Reservoir, pin the tail on your city councilperson (do you know who they are?) and a Aurora police stun gun petting zoo. Tanti auguri!
AND QUID HAS HEARD that one of Aurora’s scams — ahem, safety measures — may be coming to a sweet, sweet end. The city’s photo red light systems, a venerable cash cow, may get nixed by the state Legislature as being wildly unpopular. Think a governor in a battle for re-election won’t sign a populist measure? Think again. But nothing this sweet ever comes from the state House and for good reason — it’s too good of an idea. Expect city officials to dig out incriminating photos of legislators in the coming days to neuter the best idea to come from the state Capitol, ever. When the bill gets gutted, which is a distinct possibility, Quid will have no choice but to go back to flying the one-finger salute to these freedom hating, moto-foto machines.
AND THAT’S ALL THE NEWS FIT TO PRINT