Ladies and gentlemen! If you want entertainment in your politics, this council may be the place to find it! I do not doubt, as long as we citizens do our job, that this council will be far more productive than its preceding majority. All seriousness aside, the dynamic of those five will no doubt entertain!
Milne was absent for the commencement and Youssef left about 45 minutes into the meeting on an emergency phone call. Just a question- at what point are council members removed due to very poor attendance?
The meeting started with telling Smith how great of a mayor he was and how great his service to this city has been. This presentation was done by none other than Youssef. People clapped! Really? It is in moments like these where the honesty needs to maintain. Let's break this down simply, shall we? One down and two to go!!
The main item on the agenda for the majority of people who attended, was the ability for the new council to overturn the September 9th decision to contract out to Calfire. You already know what happened! Our council members who want a future decision to contract out, should it arise, to go to a vote of the people have not abandoned that stance. I am sure this will come up and the vote will be in favor of going to the people.
Now, what this council needs to focus on is going after grants that will make the changes needed to cut unnecessary spending from our budget. This way we keep jobs and start to build back our public safety. We need to build this city to a community people want to invest in and families want to live.
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