Gramps, if the wings fit.....
gad·fly NOUN:
1: A persistent irritating critic; a nuisance.
2: One that acts as a provocative stimulus; a goad.
3: Any of various flies, especially of the family Tabanidae, that bite or annoy livestock and other animals.
I'm sure Mr. Carlstrom and Friends, must have had the first or second definition in mind. There are worse things to be called. Or, perhaps he was suggesting the City Council are Animals?