The only problem? The ordinary, average guy (just like the Joe Walsh song) had his victory party at a snooty country club. You can see the problem. The Democratic National Committee sure did.

In 1991, when Snooty turned 43, the Save the Manatee Club and the Humane Society demanded ... Bradenton was bombarded with angry letters from around the country demanding Snooty be released.

A prominent local transit activist's provocative new book on the historical roots and eventual demise (he hopes) of suburban sprawl has its origins in a missing sidewalk and a snooty country club ...