Good government
Just got off the phone with Mike Barber, who was upbeat about the City Council's decision Thursday involving City Manager Mitch Johnson.
Barber said he was encouraged by the council's ability to disagree without being disagreeable.
People spoke their minds forcefully, he said about the council's closed sessions.
They also listened to one another.
Barber called Thursday' process "good government."
How did he know that?
Because of the public reaction, he said, chuckling.
"I know it was good government because we made everyone unhappy."
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The Council vote amounted to nothing more than the council voting to tell Mitch Johnson to do his job-- how is that good government by ANY standard?
So my question to Mike has to be, is that how you run your law firm? It's now become quite apparent as to why the newspaper which Mike was a partner in went out of business. And to think, some people were under the impression it was Ogi's fault.
Posted on February 17, 2008 9:25 AM
Read the story about the Mayor's conference on youth this am. You know, like everybody else, you try to hope against hope that something is going to change, maybe this person really does have a fresh take and things seem to be going good an then all of a sudden you get hit with: "We need to address racism and have "sensativity seminars" etc. Which is exactly the same old b.s. we've heard over and over again. This could be lifted from any newspaper article in the last forty years
From past experience, the particular pol who makes this statement then usually just happens to know just the organization for the job, usually run by a friend or friend of a friend of a friend, public money changes hands, and wa-la; after hearing they they are prejudiced just because they are white, the previously insensative people are now sensative.
Let's take for instance the Grimsley fight. How is some third party's sensativity supposed to prevent such a thing? I guess bystanders in attendence could have served refreshments while these kids wailed on each other. What were people supposed to do?
I think the mayor need to organize a sensativity seminar for members of the minority community, particularly politicians, so they can become sensative to the fact that they are driving white people absolutely crazy with this b.s. and alienating people who would be supportive and are supportive of their cause and they never have to mention this b.s. again.
Posted on February 18, 2008 10:35 AM