Streets are now safe from scouts

(Editor’s note: this letter was received after publication.  Ellen Taylor was voted in as mayor.)

Dear Editor:

We can’t tell you how safe and secure we feel knowing we have such courageous leaders as our own Mayor Pro Tem Taylor. While completely disregarding her own safety, she stood her ground against an unprovoked attack, first on the parking lot of Ms. Taylor’s law firm, Taylor, Simonson and Winter, then on the sidewalk at the corner of Indian Hill Boulevard and 2nd. The attack was perpetrated by “everyone’s nightmare” an undisciplined, aggressive mob of 8 to 10-year old Girl Scouts who were under no professional supervision—only their mothers were on the scene. It must have been really frightening for poor Ellen!

We Claremonters who shop at Von’s Baseline are particularly grateful for the actions of our Mayor Pro Tem as we also have a serious Girl Scout problem.   We cannot shop there during the Girl Scout cookie season because it is not possible to get in (or out) of the market without getting assaulted by these disarmingly cute but very aggressive, slick, fast-talking 8 to 10-year olds.  On many occasions we are “tricked” and “sweet-talked” into purchasing cookies while both entering and exiting the store. We are hoping that maybe Mayor Pro Tem Taylor, with help of Chief Cooper and his men hopefully including the Swat team, might handle this grave situation. Possibly we could even have a city-wide drive to rid our community of these little pests forever.  Who knows, after Mayor Pro Tem Taylor deals with the Girl Scouts we may get her to take on the blue birds!  If she does, we think she should be our mayor.

To show our gratitude, we would urge anyone who is suffering at the hands of the 8- to 10-year old menaces to contact Claremont’s “#1 anti-Girl Scout” law firm, Taylor, Simonson and Winter as they have a lot of experience in these types of crimes.

Henry and Janet Pritchard
Claremont