comfortable socks imperative

The entire Council and Mayor have tacitly given their approval of whatever the City Manager has done by NOT questioning, directing, or in any way supervising his activities. He does whatever he wants and the Mayor and Council blindly rubber-stamp it, whatever it costs. He facilitates their agendas and they eagerly and enthusiastically reciprocate. When they occasionally disagree, he tells them to take a hike, as happened Monday night, they start looking for their hiking boots, flashlights, maps, and comfortable socks.