Ethics

Livonia Council Candidate Channels God

By Ed Brayton

Glenn Moon, one of 11 candidates for the Livonia City Council here in Michigan, was asked by the local chamber of commerce to submit a video talking about his goals for the city and the policies he advocates. The results are a bit strange, to say the least.

After ranting about the evils of abortion and littering, Moon advocates forcing all city employees to work for a salary of $1 a year. If a city employee refuses to work for $1 a year, Moon says, they have "failed to submit self (to) holy will of God" and we are "commanded by God in name Jesus Christ" to fire them. The video speaks -- perhaps yells is a better word -- for itself:

Full post as published by Dispatches from the Culture Wars on August 24, 2009 (boomark / email).