Ken Blowensme and Dick Knode: two cowardly peas in an ORT-ian pod.
I would love to argue the following was born out of keen political strategy. I would love to say that the ORT Cloud is being disingenuous. The sad part of the story is they actually believe the following delusional construct.
The essay is full of typographical and grammatical errors. The errors are too many to list. This is not due to carelessness on the behalf of the ORT. I wish it did. It is becoming obvious that they actually don’t know they making mistakes. I fear that the following missive written by the Mayor’s intellectually under-equipped scribe clearly demonstrates that the ORT’s ignorance does not stop at the shores of good grammar. Actually, these misanthropes believe this crap. They believe they are in compliance with the law. They actually believe their budget is a fair reflection of the City’s priorities. The actually believe Ken Blowesnme is acting rationally when doing his Chris Farely impersonation at BoA meetings. Shine on Your Crazy Diamond Ken, Shine on.
Update
At the Council Meeting of
Robert Herman is the current City Attorney for
Herman has actively and openly used these four Councilmen to control the deadlock that is now occurring at City Hall. He is purposely engineering the bad publicity that is being generated by the former adversaries in the mayoral campaign.
Herman does not control anyone. The four Councilmen that the ORT continues to demonstrate contempt toward are acting on their own accord and are representing their constituents as they see fit. Here is one of the largest fallacies of the ORT and their supporters. They refuse to acknowledge that
Herman does not care about how bad he makes Overland appear in the press since once he uses his “protesters” to make a mockery out of our town, he then retires to his mansion in Frontenac.
No one in the Community would know who Bob Herman was if not but for the fact that the ORT continues to act in bad faith and placing the City in jeopardy through their lack of political acumen. Who cares where Bob Herman lives. Well I know four people who are obsessed with Mr. Herman’s residence. Here we gain some keen insight into the jealousy the ORT members have for successful people. I’ve seen Mr. Herman’s house and only someone with a brain as small as Knode and Blowensme (combined) would think it a mansion.
“Golly Ken, I never seen a house that big accept at the moving pictures show.”
“Your not kidding there Dick. I bet the president or one of the Rockefellers lives there. With that kind of wealth, I bet he even pays for his own trash pick-up. I’m serious Dick, we are talking big money here.”
“Ken it is blowing me mind. He is as wealthy as Jefferson Davis. We better get back to the City. I’m getting scared”
Instead of these former supporters of Conlon and Kientzel being “good sports” and working with the new Mayor and her administration they have shown a new definition of the word “poor loser” to the community and it’s children.
What the hell does the current situation have anything to do with Conlon and Kientzel? Just like Goat and Pickle, they love a good grudge. And POOR LOSER is two words you freaking knucklehead. God bless
“good sports”? Who would even write something so god awful stupid. Wait I know someone, Ken Blowensme is that stupid. Good sports? Again, the critical ORTIAN fallacy that the constituents of her opposition either do not exist in her mind or do not matter raises its ugly head.
At the July 10 Council meeting Councilmen O’Connell and Schneider demanded another meeting be held of the Budget Committee. It was held on
As the gentlemen who were trying to participate in a compromise clearly told the Mayor they could not make the meeting during the July 10 Council meeting. Rather than attempting to work with these gentlemen towards a compromise by accommodating their schedule, the ORT purposely chose to hold meeting on July 13th.
I am sorry I can’t let this go. The following is for whoever the literacy challenged author of the Mayors missive is pay attention. The proper manner to denote a date in English is as follows: Thursday,(comma) July 13, (comma), 2006.
One item was changed in the budget and an emergency meeting was planned for
MEANINGLESS BULLSHIT
On July, 2006 not one of the Herman 4 showed up for the emergency Council Meeting. Mr. Herman read letters from the missing Councilmen telling that they would not attend any other meetings until their demands were met.
Their demand, hold the council meetings in good faith in the largest location at your disposal. They are demanding that you attempt to comply with the law rather that splitting hairs in bad faith in the hope of implementing your cowardly policies in private.
A question was asked by one the Councilman present. The question was,
-Are you legally representing these four Councilmen who did not show up Mr. Herman?
-HE DIDNOT RESPOND.
The Councilmen was Ken Blowensme. But he doesn’t have the fortitude to put his name with his ridiculous question. He did not respond because the question was so so stupid that it did not merit a response. You see Ken is a coward who lashes out at anyone with a modicum of success due to Ken’s utter lack thereof. He has several personality disorders of which cowardice is not one. The cowardice is spread throughout his actions.
“John Hancock, Eat your heart out.”, Ken Blowensme.
The Council Meeting had to be adjourned due to a lack of a quorum.
The Meeting never started due to a lack of a quorum. Here the Ortian Brain Trust is really showing their command of procedural rules. A quorum is necessary to start a meeting. How can a meeting that never started be adjourned?
Herman’s 4 Councilmen have deprived the residents of their respective Wards of the representation each deserves. Each claims that the residents of their Ward can afford to pay for trash pickup. Unfortunately many residents that we have talked with feel differently.
The ability to pay for ones trash pickup is not a claim. Regardless of Knode and Blowensme’s financial situation, there are many well paid professionals that own houses and are fully capable of paying the full cost of their property’s maintenance. You don’t need to live in one of those Ross Perot type mansions in Frontenac either. The many residents you talk to that cannot pay for their trash pickup should not own homes. Or, here is an idea complete foreign to the ORT, cooperation. If two or three indigent residents could pool their resources they could share a can and the associated costs. Cooperation with neighbors. Crazy isn’t it Ken?
The Herman 4 sent letters to Mayor Purzner claiming that they will no longer meet in the Council Chambers. This violates Overland Ordinance 110.150.
The ORT provides another demonstration of the lack of knowledge in regard to basic high school civics. Here we really see that they believe this garbage because who in this Nation doesn’t understand the state and federal law supersedes local law when they conflict. Given the Sunshine Law is a State Law it supersede (that means replaces Ken) the local ordinance cited by our Nurse Attorney Mayor. Act in good faith and have the freaking meetings in the Munch-ma-Hall. Idiots.
Herman’4 cannot claim a violation of the sunshine laws, only that they are dissatisfied that a few of their cronies did not get huge pay increases. They would rather have their friends get big increases in pay rather than to provide trash pickup and other services for the 17,000 residents in
Cronies, eh? The head administrator for the City of
And we all know your trash proposal falls way way short of the existing and previous trash services. Won’t it be interesting when all of the free trashers come to realize your deception.
Mr. Herman and HIS four Councilmen are now holding the City Hostage until their demands are met.
We urge you to contact these four Councilman and tell them to do their Councilman duties and to pass the Mayor’s budget that includes restoring free trash pickup to the people of
You may call them at:
Mr. May-423-4913
Mr. O’Connell – 428-0978
Mr. Corcoran – 517-4584
Mr. Schneider – 427-3166
Respectfully,
Councilman Richard Knode-Ward 1
Council Tom Sellers-Ward 2
Councilman Ken Owensby.
Why no numbers for these brave Councilman. There are young men putting there life on the line for representative democracy and responsive government and these three cowards can’t even put themselves on the line for the policies they believe are correct. Ken you are probably the biggest political coward I have ever witnessed. Knode is just plain stupid and I know the SAT was no friend of yours, but have enough respect and fortitude to address the other members of the council by their titles. I know it is hard for you to be respectful to successful people, but try. It is ok Ken. I promise know one will pull that wig off of your head in a heated round of duck duck goose. Still raging against those mean kids on the playground. Get some help Ken.
How can you be so disrespectful as a minority on the Council? Understand that most of the calls to the numbers listed will be in support of blocking your delusional policy and silly games.
Bottom line, pathetic.
posted by PTT at 11:53 PM
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FYI: This morning again, in the post-dispatch there is an article about Overland -
Ex-mayor of Overland sues to move meetings
In short, St. Louis County Presiding Judge Carolyn C. Whittington is scheduled to conduct a hearing on the suit today.
"I don't know what their reasoning is for this," Purzner said. "There were 110 people at Monday night's meeting, but there is space for 160 people. I think this is foolisH."
COME ONE COME ALL, THE THREE RING CIRCUS IS IN FULL SWING, LET'S PACK THE HOUSE
I worked for Carolyn Wittington for two years when she was in private practice and I assure you that she does not suffer fools lightly. If further evidence is required, ask Eric Modus Tolens. Ms. Wittington sent him packing summary judgement style.
She knows the Purzner's of the world and if the facts of the complaint or consistent with the law, Mayor Con, Ken Blowensme and Dicky Knode will eat this one too.
The attendance at the meetings is a direct function of the proposed location. Rational people fully knowing that they will more than likely not be admitted to the meeting did not see the efficacy of braving the 100 degree heat outside City Hall in order to then be turned away.
Of course this would not be an issue if the Mayor could act in good faith by holding the meeting in a facility that is assured to be large enough for the largest of crowds.
The cowardly ploy by Kenny and Dicky to avoid comments from citizens shows how poorly equipped these men are to hold elected office. They are the type of brave men that hide behind their latest copy of "Soldier of Fortune" when the going is tough.
Ken and Dicky don't even have the stones to listen to a citizen's comments for a few minutes.
"Oh my god, another lady is coming to the mike, I'm so scared. Chief Herron save me from this most horrible fate. Please Chief Herron remove these people before I load-up my pants again. Please Chief Herron you are the only one brave enough to stand next to the endless threats to my shaky ego."
Knode and Blowesnme are the only two men in American history to contract post-traumatic stress syndrome from working KP at a Civil War re-inactment.
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I want all of this in writing..... Oh yea, a blog is in writing.
I am with Gravy on Whittington...... solid, very solid. Former County Counselor and one of the best municipal lawyers on the planet (please keep in mind Harry Ritchie is no longer on the planet).
Gravy, I do have one bone of contention. As for a "non-patronage" employee. There was a young go-getter on the summer help staff by the name of Jimi Human who was hired on skills, and dashing good looks, alone.
Smack down.
You see the look on the Great Con's grill as she is looking into the business end of Wittington's gavel?
I would have loved to hear the Great Con as she runs that "ruin the floor" jive by the judge. I can just imagine her voice getting quieter and quieter as she tries to explain position.
Who started laughing first? The judge, clerk or the baliffs.
Priceless.
"But I am the Mayor."
One minor correction. It was Councilman Knode, not Councilman Owensby who asked the City Attorney, Mr. Herman if he was representing the 4 absent councilment. And, though the Mayor's website states Mr. Herman did not respond, he did in fact respond. he said he was representing the city of Overland. He might have expanded further, however he was cut off by Councilman Knode who yelled "You're not the City Attorney Mr. Herman". This of course begs the question: If he is not the city attorney, then why does the Mayor allow him to sit at the table with a name plate in front of him that says he is the city attorney?
Lastly, you're right, they should have provided the phone numbers. These are the phone numbers that are publically availible on the City of Overland Website:
Councilman Knode's is here: http://overlandmo.org/ward1.htm
Councilman Sellers' is here: http://overlandmo.org/ward2.htm
and Councilman Owensby's is here: http://overlandmo.org/ward3.htm
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