Mayor
Jerry Bos gave his version of the last BOA debacle in the recent issue of
WLL. His tie breaking vote to ignore the Committee he appointed to review the "
no alcohol ordinance" was described by Jerry as "
voting for the status quo". Huh? He goes on to say when he ran for office he committed to vote for the status quo when the Council was deadlocked. (A bit of puffery don't you think? I doubt he realized he had a tie-breaking vote, seeing he had never graced the
Town Hall prior to a couple of meetings before election day). No, this was classic Jerry, appoint a Committee, get their recommendation but don't take a stand. Lack of leadership. So nothing changed, no more deliberation by the Committee...just Jerry staring down the barrel of a gun he loaded, the
Park Board Concert series and the
Swat Picnic. The
BOA, reconvened at a hurriedly called
Special Meeting, blinked, saving the Mayor the embarrassment from having to go with the status quo again...whatever that is.
As Jerry says, "
to be heard you must speak".
One other interesting observation by Jerry. He notes the sagging
Water Fund and gives a preview of his remedy..."
simply need to raise water rates". Sheer genius in that WL has absorbed rate increases from
KCMO the last two years running without passing the increases to residents. Look for the whopper because we already know KCMO will raise the rates again in May 2011. So much for the status quo, so much for financial leadership.
Party on.
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7 comments:
I was confused by our mayor's report in the latest WL newletter. I thought the vote removing the alcohol ordinance was a done deal. In the newletter it seems it is still an open issue where the mayor is asking for public input?
It is a done deal. When Jerry wrote his piece I think he assumed the Committee was going to wrestle some more with the ordinance...unbelievable because it was unanimous in its recommendation to begin with. Did Jerry think he had a month for people to "speak"? The Park Board Prez sent an email to Mary indicating the Board was forced to post signs "No Alcohol" in the parks...oops, the concert and picnic folks might not be happy. Thus the "emergency" meeting and the ordinance removed. Pie in the face? I think Jerry prefers banana cream.
I was on the Broadway Bridge at 8AM when the special meeting was held and my wife was getting the kids off to school, we simply cannot make meetings during the day. Do they really want our participation?
Naaahhh, they don't. Then they would be accountable.
Regardless of whether or not the alcohol ordinance is a done deal - the mayor is right - - people need to come to the regularly scheduled board meetings and voice their objections - it's never too late - with enough people objecting, something like this is reversible. This blog may be informational but it's not the forum for speaking/contacting the BOA and voicing your opinion.
A couple links for consideration...
Our nation has bigger problems than drinking in the parks...
http://tinyurl.com/y9vkhht
http://tinyurl.com/2be4rbc
http://blip.tv/file/958260/
http://tinyurl.com/nzpm9j
"If a nation expects to be ignorant and free, in a state of civilization, it expects what never was and never will be." - Thomas Jefferson.
Heres where we were in 2007 as with the Entrance Monument commitee
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http://www.mcclatchydc.com/2007/10/01/20068/congress-raises-limit-again-as.html
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