And never is heard a dissenting word

Hugh Hefner got his street at Wednesday's City Council meeting_notwith a bang, which would have been appropriate, but with a silentomnibus vote, the legislative equivalent of a whimper.

The omnibus is a typically unanimous roll call vote usedthroughout the meeting for matters no one opposes. No one objected toHugh Hefner Way, so it went into the omnibus along with tag days andgarage sales. It was an odd omnibus vote, because 20 aldermen thenhustled over to City Clerk personnel to have their own votes recorded"no." Had only a few more dissenters joined them_say, the six femalealdermen who voted yes_Hugh Hefner Way would have disappeared.

Soon after, Ald. Carrie Austin …