Dear Readers,
It was the sort of meeting that makes you appreciate small town democracy.
But, that's you, Dear Readers. It was the sort of meeting that makes Your Gilbert wish for a dictatorship where decisions are quick, concise and often deadly.
Mayor Bruce Williams saw what was coming. He got sick and went home. Very convenient!
Dear Readers,
Emotional? Hell, yes!
Shortly after councilmember Fred Schultz said dog parks would be an "emotional issue on both sides," the council was treated to an example. A close-to-tears citizen denounced the slurs she felt had been cast on the proud and gentle canine species. She was also frustrated to the point of near-inarticulation that the city's focus has shifted from Spring Park.
Dear Readers,
What IS a "kudo," anyway? Whatever it is, it must be fairly compact, because the council was passing them out by the handful to the Public Works Department for how well they dug the city out of the recent snow storms.
It was supposed to be Ward 6 Night at Feb. 16th's city council meeting, but it frequently digressed into The Big Snow Night instead.
Plowing, and whether people's streets were plowed quickly and adequately was discussed a lot. A LOT!
The council resumes tonight after a forced week off. Last week's snowstorms closed down the regular Monday night meeting.
We hope to see the mayor in a chef's hat and apron. At the Feb. 1 council meeting he proposed the city replace its food vending machines with a mobile snack cart, stocked with healthy comestibles.
This is what happens when the council is allowed to brainstorm. Clearly their caffeine intake should be limited.
Dear Readers,
The council considered amputation, but decided to save the limb. Some of them came prepared to saw away, if necessary, but the diagnosis showed city sanitation services (trash and recycling pickup) were rosy-pink healthy and worth saving.
Public Works Dept. service cuts were suggested when the state, hammered by the bad economy, withheld expected revenue from the city. It was unfortunate timing. The city had just decided to make costly renovations to the Public Works Department. So, the renovations have proceeded like a driver with a flat tire - still focused on getting to his destination, reluctant to stop, and hoping he can get there on three good wheels and one mushy one.
Dear Readers,
What passes for the council dais these days almost emptied out at the Jan. 25th meeting as counclimembers discovered conflicts of interest that might prevent them from commenting on an item before them.
Almost all of them had some connection with one of a number of groups applying for city grants ranging from $5000 to $35,000. These funds would come out of the city's 2011 budget.
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