King Dave wants to make sure his dictatorship stays in place long after he is gone
It seems lately Munson is making a lot of board appointments, prematurely that is. If you fast forward towards the last item you will see that councilor Staggers objects to the appointments, and the rest of our fine rubber stamp leaders seem annoyed. Word on the street is that a lot of these appointments shouldn’t be done until the next mayor walks into office, but it seems Munson is trying to stack the deck against the next mayor. He even appointed one person on the ethics committee to a 5 year term even though they are only supposed to serve 4 years. Many departments are also trying to sidestep the council and administer their own rules. This is disheartening, but not surprising. I have often said that Munson is crooked. He got busted twice breaking city ordinances and everyone looked the other way. I look at it, like I looked at GW’s presidency, we must learn from the mistakes.
As I warned, there is going to be a lot these type of shananigans going on before King Dave leaves office
I was amazed by the reactions of others to the fact that Kermit wanted a reason for that 4 year term but 5 year appointment. No answer was given that made logical sense. I’m glad he voted no and really wish the other councilors would have too.
They don’t give a shit James, they are rubber stampers.
A crime syndicate led by King Dave has used Home-Rule to take over city government.
The best way to restore constitutional democracy is for the state to revoke the strong mayor charter. I suspect the election is rigged. If not, a citizens mayor will have the power to reverse these last minute payday appointments.
I disagree with election rigging. I will say this though, the low voter turnout does not help the outcomes. I have noticed that when more people vote in city elections the outcome is usually better. I think the solution is to encourage voter registration and voting. The musical precints has caused many people not to give a rip about voting in municipal elections and is a serious problem.