The oath of office given last week to the three La Habra Heights council members went smoothly — unlike at the presidential inauguration. Or so Councilman Layne Baroldi pointed out after newly Brian Bergman, Stan Carroll and Carl Westerhoff were sworn in at Thursday’s council meeting.
“I just wanted to thank Judge (Michael) Cowell because we’ll be saving some time,” Baroldi said in reference Norwalk Superior Court judge. “Unlike the chief justice of the supreme court, he got the oath accurate so we don’t have to redo this again,” Baroldi said. “He was doing it without any teleprompter or notes.” Baroldi was referring to John Roberts, who made a mistake in giving the oath to President Barack Obama.
Of further note, Thursday’s meeting took only 11 minutes. “This may be the shortest City Council meeting on record,” said newly elected Mayor Howard Vipperman.