tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5723709701684173708.post8420452488052636516..comments2024-03-27T22:52:12.619-04:00Comments on The Gossips of Rivertown: The Longest Journey Starts with the First StepCarole Osterinkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16010623982526286408noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5723709701684173708.post-39666311407321851782015-09-25T07:07:36.414-04:002015-09-25T07:07:36.414-04:00I didn't see this in Resolution excerpted abov...I didn't see this in Resolution excerpted above, but I hope that the "Redistricting Commission" is not charged with "coming up with a way to divide the city into five equipopulos districts...." Why 5? Why not 10 equipopulos districts? Let the commission study that question. Peter Meyerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12627451247693034161noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5723709701684173708.post-90171988466717552292015-09-24T17:11:36.791-04:002015-09-24T17:11:36.791-04:00Out of sheer self-interest, a number of residents ...Out of sheer self-interest, a number of residents of the 5th Ward may always vote against it. But I agree that the rest of the community still needs an education.unheimlichhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00204285837938988668noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5723709701684173708.post-90795435276159054502015-09-24T16:39:30.209-04:002015-09-24T16:39:30.209-04:00For anyone who attended last night's meeting o...<br />For anyone who attended last night's meeting of the DPW Committee, the first quarter hour saw the DPW Superintendent addressing only the 5th Ward Aldermen and the Common Council President.<br /><br />Even when another Alderman arrived late, none of them took any interest when an audience question revealed that the Supervisor, who had just delivered a fine speech on the "full disclosure" of his department, had not mentioned in his report to the Council a double equipment failure that led to a spill of partially treated sewage of unknown size onto the grounds of the treatment plant.<br /><br />You'd think that might be a big deal, but not an eyebrow was raised and no questions were asked by the Council members. <br /><br />The 5th Ward is all-powerful, and can absorb any amount of heat on behalf of those issues they prefer to champion. They generally get their way in the end, even without doing any homework. (Never forget that Widewaters [Walmart, Lowe's, etc] was going to REDUCE the number of trucks through Hudson and the 5th Ward!)<br /><br />Even when wrong-doing was revealed last night according to the Superintendent's own description of his function at that meeting, the Aldermen and President who were wronged on our behalf chose to exhibit their solidarity with the speaker instead. At least that's how I understood their stony silence.<br /><br />The meeting was almost a visual lesson in the longtime destructiveness of the weighted vote on this community. No further education was necessary.<br />unheimlichhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00204285837938988668noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5723709701684173708.post-17196582432717494482015-09-24T16:34:15.816-04:002015-09-24T16:34:15.816-04:00What I mean is that last time it came up for a vot...What I mean is that last time it came up for a vote, people voted against it. We need to explain how the weighted vote operates now and what is wrong with it,olanafanatichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14707721780386710657noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5723709701684173708.post-52793478625607540912015-09-24T16:01:49.629-04:002015-09-24T16:01:49.629-04:00what does 'so much education' mean ... unl...what does 'so much education' mean ... unless that is sarcasm ... which i accept whole heartedly over this very simple slight of hand stacking the deck for the few vs everyone elseVincenthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05548912912359709568noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5723709701684173708.post-17217780881777677812015-09-24T15:38:18.758-04:002015-09-24T15:38:18.758-04:00Since so much education is needed on this issue, a...Since so much education is needed on this issue, a delay until next year is probably the right thing.olanafanatichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14707721780386710657noreply@blogger.com