It Never Ends

Hat tip: Gregg

I can see that evidently making city government more inviting to the citizens is not a New Year's resolution for the mayor.

First, there is this e-mail setting up a meeting to discuss "the City’s electricity business going forward and the roles and relationships of the City, ECP, and Southern Montana Electric".

City Commissioners and Board Members of Electric City Power:


At the request of the Electric City Power Board members, we would like to schedule a meeting in the next couple of weeks with the Commission and the Board to discuss the City’s electricity business going forward and the roles and relationships of the City, ECP, and Southern Montana Electric. The workshop will be publicly noticed and the Commission can determine whether or not to allow public comment during the session. We are suggesting Monday, January 12th at 5:00 PM. Please advise us if this date and time works for you. We will also circulate a proposed agenda before the meeting, based on your prior input regarding discussion items.

Thanks,
Jordan Love

So far, so good. Holding workshops/meetings was discussed and agreed to at ECP's December meeting. Doing this came about as a result of questions and concerns raised by Mr. Gilbert.

Then we have this gem from the mayor:

From: Dona Stebbins

To: Jordan Love, John Rosenbaum, Bill Bronson, Bill Beecher, Mary Jolley, George Golie, Lee Ebeling, John Gilbert, Robert Pancich, Bill Ryan

CC: Greg Doyon, Coleen Balzarini, JoAnn Thares

Subject: Re: City Commission - ECP Meeting
Date: Mon, 29 Dec 2008 18:36:59 -700

Jordan,

Nice to have you back here - you have been missed. I believe the time and the date will work for me. However, I would like to keep this as an informational exchange meeting and discussion for ECP and the Commission, lest it become a free-for–all, with uninformed and under-informed participants weighing in. Perhaps a limited time comment forum at the conclusion of the meeting? (20-25 minutes or so, with a designated speaker or two - as is customary at the Legislature?)

Dona

Then Mary Jolly replies:

From: Mary Jolley
To: Dona Stebbins, Jordan Love, John Rosenbaum, Bill Bronson, Bill Beecher, George Golie, Lee Ebeling, John Gilbert, Robert Pancich, Bill Ryan
CC: Greg Doyon, Coleen Balzarini, JoAnn Thares
Subject: RE: City Commission - ECP Meeting
Date: Tue, 30 Dec 2008 15:38:31 +0000

Is it any wonder that we are ALL as you say, “uninformed and under-informed participants?”Is not the meeting to be held so that we and the public may become informed?What is the status of the Freedon of Information Suit against the city? Have we responded? I haven’t seen anything.
Jolley