Saturday, September 13, 2008

ECP Board Replacements

At Tuesday night's (9/16) City Commission meeting, the commissioners will appoint two members to the ECP board. The applicants who applied are:

Lee Ebeling (application received too late)
John R. Gilbert
Mark Joshu
Stuart Lewin
Keith Thomas Melhus
Gale E. Rand
Olaf M. Stimac, Jr.
Michael M. Witsoe

The ECP board recommends:
John Gilbert
Keith Melhus
Ole Stimac

13 comments:

Anonymous said...

No bias with those recommendations, LOL

Anonymous said...

Why would anyone with a brain jump onto a sinking ship?

Anonymous said...

Because the are "untouchable".

No matter how stupid or damaging to the city, fiscally or otherwise, their decisions (rubber stamps)are necessary for the shallow, narrow minded, self serving power brokers to fill the trough for the snouts of a few.

The concubines of Tim rule!

Anonymous said...

Anyone who would recommend Witso or Lewin for anything should have their head examined.

Anonymous said...

hannah,

Are you saying that because Mike is a goof that you agree with the illegal and stupid plan of forming a company that buys power more expensive than NWE and sells it for less, then strives to withhold that info from the public while proclaiming how much money they are saving us?

Mike may not be executive material but it seems in this case he certainly has more integrity than the board of ECP.

Isn't this proof that ECP should not even exist?

Anonymous said...

Witso is not just a goof - he is mentally ill, and certainly could not contibute anything useful to this board. Lewin's behavior causes me to doubt his sanity as well. There are good, serious people who have applied to this board, and I certainly hope that the commission will appoint two people who can bring something to the discussion. Witso and Lewin are not among the good serious people, as they display every couple of weeks.

Anonymous said...

Of course Mike is not a serious candidate. You mean good and serious like Olaf?

A. No officer or employee of the City of Great Falls or member of his or her immediate family shall have an interest in a business organization or engage in any business, transaction, or professional activity which is in substantial conflict with the proper discharge of his or her governmental duties;

So because you can question sanity, purposely ignoring the law and damaging the city gets a free pass?

Which exhibits the higher degree of stupidity, not understanding the law, or purposely violating it?

You are obviously completely biased and cling to the fantasy that the promise of riches at the end of the rainbow is valid and no proof is necessary.

Anonymous said...

Hey anon you forgot these:

# No officer or employee shall use or attempt to use his or her official position to secure unwarranted privileges or advantages for himself, herself or others;
# No officer or employee shall act in his or her official capacity in any matter where he or she, a member of his or her immediate family, or any business organization in which he or she has an interest, has a direct or indirect financial or personal involvement that might reasonably be expected to impair his or her objectivity or independence or judgment;
# No officer or employee shall undertake any private employment or service which might prejudice his or her independent judgment in the exercise of his or her official duties;
#No officer or employee or any business organization in which he or she has an interest shall represent any other person or party except the City in connection with any cause, proceeding, application or other matter pending before any agency of the City of Great Falls.
#No officer shall be in conflict with these provisions if, by reason of his or her participation in the enactment of any ordinance, resolution or other matter required to be voted upon, no particular material or monetary gain accrues to him or her;
# All officers or employees shall exercise prudence and integrity in management of public funds in their custody and in all financial transactions;
# All officers or employees shall uphold the letter and spirit of the constitution, statutes and regulations governing their duties and report violations of the law to appropriate authorities;

Anonymous said...

Have any of you ranting folks any proof of any sort of misfeasance or malfeasance on the part of city officials or staff? It seems as though you have been foraging through all the paperwork in an attempt to find it. Any luck so far? I thought not!

Anonymous said...

Hanna,

Your lack of competence in not waiting for an answer before condemning those who have proven their point brings into question your ability to display intelligence, shows your inability to have a serious discussions and your disdain of showing how lacking your close personal friends are. Birds of a feather.

"There is no Risk"

The statement is not lacking professional competence, It lacks human intelligence, you obviously support the stupidity of the statement because your goal is to defend your friends at all cost.

mis·fea·sance
The wrongful performance of a normally lawful act; the wrongful and injurious exercise of lawful authority.

mal·fea·sance
the performance by a public official of an act that is legally unjustified, harmful, or contrary to law; wrongdoing (used esp. of an act in violation of a public trust)

If a person reads these blogs then a person knows ECP is operating in the red, borrowing money from the city to make payments, and that is against the law. The other violations will not be repeated here as you have not shown that you are anything but another concubine of tim.

Pull your head out of tim's ass. The shallowness of your narrow minded bias under the guise of righteousness shows you are closely aligned with those who think true information should be withheld from the stupid little people of the city. (condescending sarcasm intended)

Anonymous said...

"If a person reads these blogs" should the reader take evrything posted here as gospel? I think not. You all play "gotcha" without proof. What a bunch of fools! You all lack credibility, due to your stupidity and lack of courage in posting anonymously.

Anonymous said...

so what you are saying is the city attorney is stupid and playing "gotcha" without proof.

Could you possibly give a more stupid example?

as if hannah is your real name, could you be a bigger hypocrite? Thanks for proving your own "lack of courage" gloria.

Anonymous said...

back to the topic of replacements

Since there is an obvious conflict of interest with ole, just imagine that the purpose of recommending him in the first place is so the commission can not choose him citing conflict of interest and then say - "look how honest and law abiding we are, we did not choose this great man because there appears to be a conflict of interest. This proves how straight and unbiased we are".