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The Copeland Council blip* (updated)

Pioneer Press: 02/21/2008: Elizabeth Mohr: Maplewood City Council, former city manager Copeland sign settlement over ouster Contract brings quiet settlement to dispute

What could have been a messy divorce ended quickly and relatively painlessly for Maplewood and former City Manager Greg Copeland.
City officials have agreed on a settlement contract for Copeland, who was suspended in January.

Comment: I suppose the divorce metaphor works if we consider the Copeland appointment to have been an arranged marriage. Stephan

[Update 2/22 12:15PM] An astute reader points out that the pre-nup didn't work out so well, either.

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* blip, from the Free Online Dictionary: " A temporary or insignificant phenomenon, especially a brief departure from the normal" (we use the term in the 'temporary' sense).

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