That mysterious odor? It's Smug.

A classic case in point is the fate of St. Stanislaus Church.

St Stans is a reasonably impressive roman catholic church that once served the polish community in Fells Point and Canton. I'm a big fan of cathedrals myself, and this one's ok but nothing to get too excited about. It doesn't help that it's surrounded by a series of dormitories that can only be described as eyesores.

The polish community pretty much evaporated about 50 years ago, the church closed completely in 2000 and I guarantee that nobody from this neighborhood has ever been inside of it or even gave it much thought until recently.

But now somebody wants to tear it down and build something else, so enter the nut jobs. Katy Greene Davis wrote an impassioned letter to save the church. In the spirit of Orly Taitz, Katy and her ilk have organized protests, passed around petitions and gotten letters published the paper (The City Paper has a policy of printing every letter that they get). From the rhetoric, you would think that there were little children trapped inside. The best part was when they rented a boat and sailed back and forth in the harbor annoying everyone by screaming slogans through a microphone.

The church is empty. There are no parishioners. Mother Seton Academy relocated to a facility 3 blocks away. The last time a Franciscan frier was ordained there was in the early 1970s. The protestors want to turn it into a museum that no one would visit paid for by anybody but them, all in order to save a piece of history that they never cared about until now. This is why people hate liberals.

Did I mention the blog? It's a testimonial to their commitment that it has all of three posts. I guess protesting outdoor tables at the local coffee shop sucked up all their time.

Meet the loons. One the left we have Fells Point Preservation Society which was once described by a city zoning official as an "Openly Racist Organization" and on the other the Fells Point Homeowners Association (and Katy Greene Davis) who would be truly terrifying if they actually had any authority. I guess you don't have to live in San Francisco to love the smell of your own farts but San Francisco is prettier.

For a fairly balanced article about the whole sorid mess, go Here.