Do Ya Think…..
….the article in Sunday’s Telegram struck a nerve with the voters or the Pro Selfers?
….phone calls can make a difference? Notice Mayor Pro-Tem’s comments in the article referenced above.
….supporters of the status quo will come up with all kinds of reasons why the voters should not be allowed to vote on this “silly” Charter amendment?
….that any sensible person really believes that a prohibition against elected officials doing business with the City will eliminate qualified people from running for office? I mean really! We live in a city of 60,000+ people - surely there must be one or two people that could run for office. FYI, only five elected officials have done business with the City since the ban was lifted 20 years ago. Three of the five are currently on the Council; the Mayor (quarry and steel), Councilman Schneider (dirt pushing and road paving) and yours truly (design services). How did we survive all those years pre-1989?
….that saving the City a couple hundred grand is really the issue here? If it is really about what’s good for the City why not resign from the Council and remove the entire conflict of interest cloud from our midst? You know - that, “it may not look good but it’s legal”, grey mass that casts a long and dark shadow on the credibility of the Council.
….that practical politics consists of ignoring facts?
….the two members of the Council actually doing business with the City will vote no on the proposed Charter amendment thus depriving the citizens from having a say on this issue?
….that the “voters will approve anything”?
….that those that vote no will rationalize away their vote by stating that “if the public really had a problem with this, then they would’ve done a petition drive”?
We’ll have the answers to these questions soon enough.
Tags: City Charter, Conflict of Interest, Ethics
September 28th, 2009 at 8:56 am
I guess we’ll see what Schneider, Jones, and Janczak think about the voters on Thursday. There is just no good reason to not let the voters decide this issue once and for all.
October 2nd, 2009 at 12:52 am
Well Tony it appears that three fifths of the council members are just like the bunch we have in Bell County and in Washington DC. No ethics! We need to vote them all out! Their vote at the meeting Thursday sorta reminded me of three guys (really…the two with dirty noses) on trial and they were also members of the jury. Just good “clean” stuff!
The cleanup starts with the home, the city, county, state, and if it’s not too late…Washington DC.
And…..Russell really knows better!
October 5th, 2009 at 7:53 am
Janczak is my Councilman and I WILL NOT be voting for him for another term! I called his office prior to the meeting last week and asked him to let the citizens of Temple vote on the issue. I guess his pocketbook means more to him that his constituents!