Rizzotti quickly showed himself to be the Rudy Giuliani of Burbank. It’s hard to think of someone else who won a City Council election and by the end of the first year in office pissed away all goodwill from the electorate. Remember when Giuliani was called “America’s Mayor” after 9/11? The Youth won’t of course so google it. Rudy was on a so-called path to greatness. And then Rudy’s true colors came out and people were appalled, dismayed, shocked and disgusted. And now he is known for … um let’s not go there.

Rizzotti may not have been lying when he said he was a lifelong Democrat. But even if he has this deep love and affection for ICE, the fact that he will beat that drum publicly and during Council meetings repeatedly shows a level of present-day tone deafness that is astonishing. But even more than that, his bizarre temper tantrum during a Council meeting at the end of last year directed at then Mayor Perez, which caused the extremely mild-mannered City Attorney to yell at him and in essence tell him to STFU, was a moment that was completely avoidable. And of course it went viral, ICYMI. 490,000 views to date.

Hundreds of thousands now know Rizzotti for this infantile and manic behavior. Was there a public apology? If so we didn’t see it. It was a moment of infamy for this guy that preached civility and law and order and proclaimed his love of the Old Burbank where he grew up, when things were less … challenging? Was it because back then Rizzotti could rant and yell over and at people and they let him get away with deranged behavior?

That episode was the seed that planted the recall campaign against him. And unlike the wimpy, poorly organized recall campaign against Konstantine Anthony a few years ago that quickly died, this one has passion and meaning for many because Rizzotti’s tantrum was in the defense of ICE. Plus it appears that experienced community organizers are working on it as opposed to gadflies jumping on a bandwagon.

We will see if the recall organizers are able to get the signatures and funds to push this recall onto the November ballot. But let’s talk about what would happen if they succeeded in getting this before the voters.

Voters need to know the answer to biggest question if they vote for the recall – how will that Council seat be filled? There will be three open seats already on the ballot. If Rizzotti is recalled, will that result in four open seats filled by this election? Will voters have to consider that while they have only three votes for Council there could be potential voting for four open seats? The City Clerk will need to get info out immediately to voters so that people know exactly what their votes will mean.

How could this potential four-seat election affect the campaigns of the various candidates? We have three incumbents who all appear to be running for reelection. We will likely have some candidates from 2024 jumping in and running again. Plus there will be the usual nutballs, oddballs, wild cards and assortment of who in the world is that??

Will the incumbents throw each other under the bus on various issues? Will the Left get its act together and agree on one slate? Will the Right find someone who is not unhinged?

And on top of all of this is the possibility that Konstantine Anthony could be the Last Council Man Standing and the four other seats are filled all by newcomers.

Chaos? Hell yeah. Listen to your Aunt Nelly, stock up on your favorite vice and get ready.