A Few More Questions After Watching the 8/13 Meeting?
Watched a bit of the video on Sailor's blog and then saw more on Channel 18 last night. This left me with a few more questions:
1) Why is Owensby doing his best impression of Boomhauer from King of the Hill?
2) During the "dog ordinance," why didn't anyone bring up practical things like mail, UPS, FedEx deliveries that cannot happen if a dog is loose in the front yard?
3) If Herman didn't know anything about the pension bills in advance, who did?
4) Who did bring these bill for consideration?
5) For that matter, who is allowed to bring bills for consideration? Is it just limited to elected and appointed officials? City employees, too? Or, could every day SuzyCitizen like me bring a bill?
6) Jim Schmidt had a valid point during citizens comments about e-mail addys. This is 2007 and the fact that we are so behind the curve on something like this is outrageous. The thing is that if someone had an e-mail addy like Ward2a@overlandmo.org, this could carry on to future office holders (and thus be easier for the citizens). Why isn't this being done?
7) And to tie two of my quesitons together, why can't we have copies of the bills/proposed ordinances posted online at the same time as the agenda? That isn't rocket science. They obviously have a PDF distiller, so the move to this shouldn't be too hard. We can easily track bills in Jeff City and should have the same opportunity on the local level.
1) Why is Owensby doing his best impression of Boomhauer from King of the Hill?
2) During the "dog ordinance," why didn't anyone bring up practical things like mail, UPS, FedEx deliveries that cannot happen if a dog is loose in the front yard?
3) If Herman didn't know anything about the pension bills in advance, who did?
4) Who did bring these bill for consideration?
5) For that matter, who is allowed to bring bills for consideration? Is it just limited to elected and appointed officials? City employees, too? Or, could every day SuzyCitizen like me bring a bill?
6) Jim Schmidt had a valid point during citizens comments about e-mail addys. This is 2007 and the fact that we are so behind the curve on something like this is outrageous. The thing is that if someone had an e-mail addy like Ward2a@overlandmo.org, this could carry on to future office holders (and thus be easier for the citizens). Why isn't this being done?
7) And to tie two of my quesitons together, why can't we have copies of the bills/proposed ordinances posted online at the same time as the agenda? That isn't rocket science. They obviously have a PDF distiller, so the move to this shouldn't be too hard. We can easily track bills in Jeff City and should have the same opportunity on the local level.
posted by suzyjax at 7:22 AM
10 Comments:
Pretty interesting the city attorney was caught off guard by the pension changes oh imagine why the council except for Jonesy tabled it. If the city attorney had no idea I don't think the council did either except maybe Mikey and Timmy. I'm sure Herman's head has been offered as a compromise so what will Mikey do now? Suggestions - Throw Les Dills from the train for starters.
Here's another qood question.
Who is Mark Giroux to lecture the city council?
Perhaps he should work on his own organization (COGG) and how it is working to throw a COGG into the city rather than lecture our elected officials.
I believe that the council thought the pension attempt was a cheap shot. Didn't they express their dismay with Keller last month when she threw up an ordinance with no discussion. Question is raised can citizens put up ordinances to be voted on or just employees?
Something smells real rotten here
Scheider will run the government as he ran his campaign. Political expediency will always be rewarded at the expense of ethics.
It is very difficult to find a policy area or issue in which Schneider has managed in a straight-forward manner.
He will skirt the rules for his supporters benefit.
With Regard To The Citizens Comments
You Measure Democracy By The Freedom it Gives its Dissidents, Not The Freedom It Gives Its Assimilated Conformist.
Suzy,
All good questions, just don't think they'll be answered or at least with a straight one.
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In an unrelated subject, I understand Mike Schneider has ordered Overland flags to be lowered to half-staff in honor of the passing Schnieder's business role-model, Leona Helmsley.
"I have always had a great deal of respect and admiration for Leona Helmsley. Few business people have demonstrated the type of courage Ms. Helmsley has in her life-long pursuit in cheating on her property taxes. She will truly be missed."
-Mike Schneider
Good one, Gravy!
Hope we can follow the move. This blogsite is just too good to lose.
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