If you’ve ever been to a Chattanooga City Council meeting, you may have witnessed the end of a session, where citizens can freely address their elected representatives on the council. Sometimes there is a valuable exposition of ideas; all too often, however, there’s just some crank whining too long about some pet issue that cannot be understood, let alone resolved.

District 8 Council Member Andraé McGary, who also hosts “Live and Local” on WGOW-FM 102.3 weekday afternoons (and has taken heat for same in such end-of-session rants), wants you to know how it should be done.