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Steve Adkins
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Posted: Jan 20th, 2006 05:05 pm |
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1) The book I have quoted is more geared toward people abusing government handouts in the big cities, ie Judy was a judge in Manhattan. The book is more about abuses of Welfare, Foster Homes, lack of attention from Human Services case workers, stuff she had to deal with in the courtroom, etc. I've quoted a couple of the paragraphs that applied to our situation in Summerfield, but wouldn't necessarily advise folks to run out and get a copy. Good reading, Judy is a hoot, but the rest of the book is "big city / big gov't"
2) I'm starting to wonder to what extent the CC's still exist as any kind of focused group. Not getting any more mailings, the key noisemakers are now TC members..........hmmmmm, got me wondering
3) I think those of us who are willing to do so, should WRITE our comments & feelings down, plan to deliver them to the TC during open discussion time at the next meeting in a calm manner, and give a copy to Sandra to use as she deems appropriate. Frankly, I don't even mind publishing my comments in this forum for all to see in advance, and solicit input............I'm not quite as good as Crackah at keeping quiet.
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Posted: Jan 20th, 2006 05:54 pm |
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Steve,
You are exactly right. At the next meeting there needs to be many people expressing their opinion of the current council. When the meeting starts there should be citizens lined up to speak. When it is done it has to be done in a professional way and speak about what their concern is. No name calling and have the council be put on notice that the citizens are not going to sit back and watch two council members treat other people the way they do. It needs to be verbalized.
I warned everybody before the election that neither one of them have the demeanor or the negtiating skills to be in public office!!!!!
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Posted: Jan 20th, 2006 06:04 pm |
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| haha well put. I love a good "I told you so". Even though these are not your words Donw, it is obvious that the voters were erroneous in their voting (in my opinion). Too bad I am not a SF voter. Maybe the ballots were misleading or confusing. (see Bush/Gore 2000) hahah.
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Posted: Jan 20th, 2006 06:08 pm |
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| the ballots was not misleading ....the CC was
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Posted: Jan 20th, 2006 06:20 pm |
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| BINGO Mike
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Posted: Jan 20th, 2006 06:31 pm |
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| The town council will start interviewing prospects for the new town attorney next Wednesday 25 at the Summerfield School Multi purpose room from 6:30 to 9:30 and again on Monday 30. It is open to the public. Could be interesting......
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Posted: Jan 20th, 2006 07:59 pm |
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I think that we need to let our council members know also we are not interested in the Town being represented by an attorney who has ties to any one council member regarless of who.
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Posted: Jan 20th, 2006 08:04 pm |
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| amen Jane
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Posted: Jan 20th, 2006 08:29 pm |
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Steve Adkins wrote: Comments
2) I'm starting to wonder to what extent the CC's still exist as any kind of focused group. Not getting any more mailings, the key noisemakers are now TC members..........hmmmmm, got me wondering
Yea Steve. Bin Laden was pretty quiet for a while too.
Let's see what the next TC meeting and the attorney interviews bring shall we?
Never let your guard down.
SMU98... DID YOU HEAR????
THEY'RE HIRING!!!
Just make sure you don't have any ties...you know be sure you didn't run over a council member's cat or something before you apply.... They'll make a federal case out of it.
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Posted: Jan 20th, 2006 09:21 pm |
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Jane I know that Becky suggested more than one law firm, and that she explained what ties she had to each firm. Do you or Mike or anyone that was at the meeting know the details of who it was that she suggested, and what exactlly her ties are to them.
Another question is, and this may be something that everyone else knows but me. I heard that she suggested firms from High Point. Why do we want representation from outside our area? I know we would not want representation from an attorney that would lean towards an answer that would benefit them personally, but I would think that this was why we were interviewing. Is there a reason that is not obvious to me that we would not want a local.
OK I do have one more. It makes me nervous that she suggested, correct me if I am wrong, a firm that represented other towns. Could that not be a conflict if interest, and a poor choice on our part?
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Posted: Jan 20th, 2006 09:41 pm |
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Ok let me see if I can tell Lacka what I know. Becky said she had worked several years for one suggestion and she had roomed in college with one suggestion I think was the connections. If anybody heard differently correct this.
What we need is an attorney with municipal experience. Bill Trevarro for instance was attorney for 5 towns I think or at least 4 so no it shouldn't really be a conflict. The law should be the same across the towns or the attorney's interpretation should be the same across the towns. I am not sure where BS moved here from. Maybe she is from High Point originally and that is the reason for the High Point suggestions. I am hoping for a neutral attorney with no ties to anybody on the council so there won't be any questions about favortism.
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Posted: Jan 20th, 2006 09:46 pm |
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| I guess them the thing to do would be to write our council members, becky included, and tell them that we want representation from a firm that has no ties. If enough of us do this becky will vote our way, because as we all know she does as her public asks. Last edited on Jan 21st, 2006 01:25 am by Lacka
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Posted: Jan 20th, 2006 09:47 pm |
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| OK yes I have adopted Crackah's lowercase "b"
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Posted: Jan 20th, 2006 11:04 pm |
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Lacka, quite all right if you adopt my lower case b. Quite useful when it is deserved.
I agree about writing the council members and stating that we want no conflicts of interest (REAL or PERCEIVED) when it comes to choosing the town attorney.
Even though that college roomate connection happened eons ago.... I still think that's way too close for comfort.
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Posted: Jan 20th, 2006 11:25 pm |
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Cracker Jax wrote: Steve Adkins wrote: Comments
2) I'm starting to wonder to what extent the CC's still exist as any kind of focused group. Not getting any more mailings, the key noisemakers are now TC members..........hmmmmm, got me wondering
Yea Steve. Bin Laden was pretty quiet for a while too.
Good Point........guess we shouldn't forget about the "lull before the storm" theory.
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