Some nights, the Gummy Worms just aren't enough. Had to ride all the way to Mt. Pilot to get 'em, and they didn't last half the meeting.
You need your buddy Goober to help you out, and lucky me, he's willing to second my ordinance, and then try to withdraw his second, and get all red in the face, then stand up for the rights of all the oprah-essed little people by abstaining twice on the votes. Takes guts to do that, and heck, it made me proud to be his pal, seeing as I know he had to do it because of Perfesser Erika running agin' him, and all.
That's right Goober, twice. Didn't matter anyway, seeing as them pointy-headed rich folks like Howard Sprague wouldn't pay attention to the stories of all the folks who kept calling us, even though we didn't get a single one of them to come down and testify 'cuz of them damned ree-pry-zals from the pergessives.
And then ol' Jack Messer had to go and say that I was trying to fire Sheriff Andy, but heck, it's just that we need Otis running things, not all them people who accomplish stuff. What's so fair about not being able to keep up with the college grad-ee-ates, anyway? What about Bank Street, huh?
Damn right I'm out of order. I was doing karaoke before that police cadet was born. Screw it, they're all Nazis. I'm outta here.
(We can only hope.)
I went to the Robert's rules of Order website and asked about changing your vote.
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A member has a right to change his vote up to the time the result is announced; after that, he can make the change only by the unanimous consent of the assembly granted without debate
I'm glad the HPC was maintained but voting contrary to the comprehensive plan (again) with no rational justification will have more far reaching impact on the health and sustainability of the downtown, city, and region as a whole.
ReplyDeletePrice said that he had heard that the Commission asked for money under the table to settle the lawsuit. He made a similar statement at a prior council meeting.
ReplyDeleteI was at the pre-trial conference referenced by Price. I can assure everyone that nothing of the sort was offered or discussed. Price never called the Commission to ask what was said. Instead, before making any attempt to verify, Price chose multiple times to publicly spread a false statement about some of his constituents.
It's too bad Price lacks the knowledge and skill to have turned any of this into a valuable dialogue.
ReplyDeleteBeating up on him is easy. He's intellectually defenseless. His fairness proposition, though, has a place in many matters relevant to the community and it's future development (including preservation), even if he personally doesn't know and can't articulate what it is.
Thank you to all the people who took time to stand up and support all the myriad investments preservationists have made to the city. It should be obvious what investment looks like and what disinvestment looks like. It's very sad indeed to witness the spectacle that Price et al have made again of local government.
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