City Council President Nick Licata will be fulfilling his wettest dream on Thursday when he testifies before Congress on the negative economic impact of publicly-funded sports arenas (something we wrote our senior thesis on, thank you very much).

He'll also be talking about his role in stopping the Sonics from getting taxpayers to pay for what Howard Schultz and the other 52 former Sonic owners could have easily done.

What makes this even more exciting for Licata is that the hearings have been called by the grand poobah of lefty windmill tilters, Dennis Kucinich. Who, when not taking money from the unemployed, chairs the Domestic-Policy Subcommittee of the House Oversight and Government ZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZ.

Before voters elected him to the city council, Licata was a citizen activist, and led the fight against Safeco and Qwest Fields. He argued that public money could be better spent on giant obsolete double decker freeways.

In the past Licata has claimed that basketball has no cultural impact on society. Hmmm, sounds like he may courting votes from certain public school parents.