Time they'll never get back
Three members of the Greensboro City Council attended their final briefiing session on Tuesday morning: Mayor Keith Holliday, Councilman Tom Phillips and Councilwoman Sandy Carmany. City Manager Mitchell Johnson gave them a depressing little tidbit to carry away with them - a ballpark idea of how many hours they've spent in council meetings since they took office.
Sandy Carmany: 2,484
Keith Holliday: 1,764
Tom Phillips (second stint on council only): 1,152
Florence Gatten (who was absent, but also leaves the board next week): 864
I'll never complain about long meetings again.
Hey, who am I kidding. Of course I'll complain again.
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First of all, these people wanted the job of city council members because they ran for the office and they knew or should have known that the job entailed a lot of meetings. In fact, some wanted the job so badly that they did not give the job up, but lost their reelection bid.
What did these council members accomplish for the people who elected them while they were sitting in these council meetings?
Sitting in council meetings does not account for much, anybody can do that. Working for the good of the taxpayers is what it is all about. Some of us would have to say the three council members mentioned receive a failing grade on their accomplishments.
Posted on November 29, 2007 4:01 PM