.... and then the council members, while still in the hypnotic thrall of the Braves and Mandalay, signed a contract giving the oh-so-glamorous baseball guys everything they ever asked for plus the keys to the city's treasury and a promise to build them a new hotel next to the ball park with penthouse suites reserved exclusively for Mandaly and Braves execs. (OK, I know, they're always promising to build a new hotel, so that doesn't count for much.)

Is it still possible to snap this council out of their trance or are they too far gone?