Unmasked!

Remember that PianoPiano photo from last month showing Claremont Councilmembers Corey Calaycay and Sam Pedroza enjoying a night out on the town with City Manager Jeff Parker and other city staffers? We were looking at the photo the other day when it occurred to us that we had seen Parker in another context.

That squarish face and mouth, narrow eyes, and angular cheekbones... where had we seen those features before? Then it hit us: Dr. Doom!

That's right, the Fantastic Four's arch-nemesis just may be posing as a mild-mannered, well-compensated Claremont city employee. All that's missing is the green, hooded cloak, the armor, and the weapons and superpowers. We do know that among Dr. Doom's powers is the ability to psionically transfer his consciousness into other nearby beings, according to Doom's Wikipedia entry. Just how did Parker convince three councilmembers to approve a gift of $15,000 at the same time they are asking the community and staff to make sacrifices? Mystery solved!

Victor von Doom just may have taken refuge in our beloved tree-lined Village. The perfect place to plot his perfidious plans for planetary peril!