Councilor Erickson was on The Good Ship Lalley show today talking about city business.
She touched on several topics with city business. A couple of things that stuck out;
• She questioned if a ‘Million dollars’ (in reference to the siding settlement) is really ‘A Lot’ of money. I felt she was downplaying the settlement as not a big deal.
• She did admit that there should have been more transparency with the settlement.
• She defended the secrecy of RFP candidates proposals saying they may use the plans for other projects. First off, there is nothing ‘special’ about many of these proposals. Most affordable housing projects in this town look exactly the same. 2nd, you could share the proposals with the entire council in executive session. And Lastly, most important, WHEN DOING BUSINESS WITH THE PUBLIC, IT BECOMES PUBLIC. When a private contractor is receiving PUBLIC money, our money, they must be an open book. There is NO excuse to keep these things secret.
• She isn’t publicly supporting any mayoral candidate. I agree with her that is a smart move. It could cause issues in the future with whoever becomes mayor.
She seems the quiet type. The kind that knows what’s right but follows the wrong path anyway.
Erickson is a BIG DISAPPOINTMENT!!! I will not be supporting her again.
She lacks courage to stay the course and stand her ground. She flip flops from issue to issue. She is not dependable and often follows Kiley and the mayor’s leadership and directives rather than representing the individual citizens, whom she was elected to represent. I guess that should not be a surprise since she cocktails with the wealthy elite, many of whom have an agenda.
She has mainly received votes and support because of the popularity of her brother, not because of her own accomplishment. I repeat, Christine Erickson is a BIG DISAPPOINTMENT!!!