Wednesday, July 8, 2009

The Secret Box

Two very important questions were asked at last night's City Commission meeting:

1. Will the consultant hired to evaluate ECP have access to the secret box?
2. Why haven't the Commissioners (albeit Jolley) looked into the secret box?

Greg Doyon indicated that he would encourage SME to cooperate with the consultant, but he did not think there was anything in the box that would help them in their review. He claims he knows this because of conversations he's had with Commissioner Jolley. He himself has not looked in the box.

Not surprisingly, the second question was not answered. The mayor had her usual smug grin on her face and Bronson sat there with his chin resting in his hands, staring off into space.

At the end of the meeting, Rosenbaum indicated that when the occasion arises that would warrant looking into the box, he would. Now, how exactly does he know what occasion would warrant looking into the box when he doesn't know what's in it?

I bet I know. He calls Gregori.

8 comments:

Anonymous said...

Why don't we just rename the "Civic Center" to what it really represents as the "SME Center"?

We have a bunch of SME lemming running this city. Its way past time for a house cleaning including the new city manager whom has completely gone over to the SME dark side!

Anonymous said...

I couldn't disagree more with the comment, "new city manager whom has completely gone over to the SME dark side"!

Mr. Doyon is the one who recemmended a outside consultant be hired to provide the city with recommendations regarding ECP. Without his leadership on this issue, I doubt a consultanting firm would have been hired much less contemplated. It is important to remember the city manager takes direction from the city commission and there are at least three and probably for members of the commission, including the mayor, that favor ECP/SME. The majority may change following the election.

I believe Mr. Doyon is doing a fine job and deserves support. It is always easy to be critical - it is never easy to be a leader.

Anonymous said...

It is easy for these (Gessaman, McKnight, Guynn) to be critical. None of them have said exactly how they would do things better.

Anonymous said...

Doyon is bound first to the city charter, the fact that he allows ECP to continue to bleed red ink makes him part of the problem. He cannot hide behind the commission as an excuse, he is a shill.

Under Suspicion! said...

Fellow Citizens, watch out if you use your real names, as it's reported The Chief (same guy who put in the secret cops in the audience) has a 'Watch List'....

Anonymous said...

The City Charter provides broad powers delegated to the City Manager to Execute FIRMLY and FAIRLY, not to pick and choose at the City Commission's fancy. The city prosecutes the 'little folks' yet allows the 'big fish' lots of latitude and subsidies....citizens HAVE many offered offered solutions, and simple honesty, transparency and direct answers is what's first step, and if the commentator LISTENED at city meetings, you'd have heard plenty of solutions...FIRST, stop the bleeding!

Anonymous said...

Mr. Doyon is a moral man stuck in a 'tight spot', but there are moments that moral courage must prevail and we do appreciate his efforts as noted, but there's a time when the bosses must be confronted ethically to 'do the right things'......

Anonymous said...

Anon. at 10:15am:

It isn't a question of how anyone would do things better as much as it is what do the citizens want.

They are in charge of the government.

Open, transparent, accountable government is a great start.