Sunday, June 27, 2010

Or, how to properly froth a Cappuccino.

The Tribune's Chris Morris reports that City Hall has called a second council meeting in hopes of convincing more than 5/9 of the membership to attend, and then feels the lash of spittle as the Wizard of Westside searches for his political equivalent to Cialis.

However, Coffey said the council only had two days to look at the plan following Thursday’s vote, and that was not enough time to digest the plan.

“They work on this for months and we get the information one or two days before ... no,” he said. “They expect someone from the council to understand all of this. I’m tired of this administration trying to ram stuff down our throat at the last minute.”
As numerous people can attest, Dan Coffey repeats these words or a variation of them at least once at every city council meeting.

Exactly what constitutes the "last minute" in this context? What has Coffey -- what has the council -- done to alleviate the situation? Can anything be done? Should anything be done? Why can't we be friends? Or, do we merely dodge spittle and splutter forever, or until the 1st district finally upends the petty wannabeen?
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4 comments:

  1. RememberCharlemagne10:00 PM

    How can the council control when the Mayor gives them information.

    Shouldn't that responsibility lie with the Mayor?

    And what about the public's ability to review these things?

    I know it is representative government but it is not forget about it government.

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  2. RememberCharlemagne10:09 PM

    A second thing.


    Why is the council not considering a parallel annexation of all the residential areas?

    This would be as good as anytime to do so.

    The Mayor’s administration is already in the annexation mode.

    The best time to plant a tree is yesterday, the best time to pursue the residential area is now.

    I have been told the reason is there are too many republicans living in the area and the old order don’t want them.

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  3. The New Albanian7:50 AM

    I don't disagree that City Hall's strategy (if that's what it is) calls for evasive manueuvering when it comes to information.

    What I'd like to hear from Coffey, just once, is this: "Rather than the way it works now, which I believe is bad, here's a way it might work better."

    We never, ever hear that last part. The nature of the dysfunction is that City Hall believes the only way to deal with the council is last-minute, back room, and the council believes the only way to react is boilerplate demonstrations of pique and annoyance and "no" set pieces.

    In none of this will one find suggestions as to how it might work differently.

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  4. Jeff Gillenwater9:32 AM

    Pots, kettles, and an assortment of cutlery.

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