Disclaimer: everything contained in this blog is MY OPINION. Every attempt is made to present the truth through actual facts or to identify statements which are in doubt; otherwise there will be no deliberate presentation of gossip, rumor, or innuendo which can't be proven as factual.
It seems that a certain member of the city commission has chosen to abandon propriety and adopt a rather patronizing attitude toward one of Electra's citizens in public before and during city meetings, especially with reference to the latest petition..
"You'd better think about what you're doing," he told her. Is that some sort of thinly veiled threat? Who the hell do you think you are?
This lady isn't a child to be corrected or chastised or embarrassed in a public place. Nor should it be implied that she is incapable of sensible actions simply because they don't meet with your approval. Bear in mind that she's an adult, easily your equal if not your superior on many levels, and is quite able to think for herself without your suggesting that she can't. The fact that you did is insulting.
Personal comments made by a city officer in an official public setting are inappropriate at best, illegal at worst. This unfortunate trend began when the former city attorney Paul Hayers became ill and the city commission went out of control.
Which brings us to a city commissioner wanting a sneak peek completely out of context, at the signatures on this petition.
Why?
Maybe to make some inappropriate phone calls?
Does the answer lie in the recent past, when 'important' facts became "unnecessary" which is costing us the city park?
Or where a 'user fee' became "rent" at the medical complex?
Or when 'propaganda' became "information" at the senior citizens center?
Perhaps this time 'intimidation' will hide behind the word "persuasion?"
Maybe we, the voters, ought to think about what you are doing,
Anita Huguelet McMurtrie
