Port Angeles City Council Wants to “Move Forward”
Politicians everywhere seem to recite the same slogans whenever they're trying to squirm their way out of the spotlight.
“Let’s Move Forward” was everybody’s rallying cry at last night’s “forum” regarding City Manager Mark Madsen’s resignation and his allegations against the city council.
At last night’s choreographed event, er, “forum,” audience questions were written down and presented to Penny Van Vleet, president of the Clallam County League of Women Voters, who then read the questions to the city council members.
A lot of the questions pertained to Madsen’s allegations of an “untenable, hostile work environment” created by several unnamed city council members. And there were questions about Madsen’s $37,000 severance package that he automatically receives for resigning (must be nice).
Think anything will change?
“Let’s Move Forward” was everybody’s rallying cry at last night’s “forum” regarding City Manager Mark Madsen’s resignation and his allegations against the city council.
At last night’s choreographed event, er, “forum,” audience questions were written down and presented to Penny Van Vleet, president of the Clallam County League of Women Voters, who then read the questions to the city council members.
A lot of the questions pertained to Madsen’s allegations of an “untenable, hostile work environment” created by several unnamed city council members. And there were questions about Madsen’s $37,000 severance package that he automatically receives for resigning (must be nice).
Think anything will change?
Labels: City Manager Mark Madsen, Clallam County League of Women Voters, Penny Van Vleet, Port Angeles City Council forum
posted by Tom Harper at 5:24 PM
4 Comments:
Not a thing will change.
The City Council is a collection of ego-driven figureheads. The "Mayor" is a figurehead among figureheads. The person in charge is an unelected, unaccountable individual known as the "City Manager".
The CM position needs to be removed (or greatly weakened) and the Mayor needs to elected in a general election. Then people could be held accountable!
The Quotable Don Perry:
"We got a 1,200 pound gorilla looking at us. We are in the first stages of how we can do things and what we can and can't do."
A 1,200 pound gorilla ... and it's looking at us.
How did the gorilla slip through the Border Patrol's checkpoint?
"Think anything will change?"
No.
Saying you want to "move forward" doesn't mean anything, only actually moving forward does.
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