The issue has been rescheduled for consideration by the City Council at a Special City Council meeting on August 23 at 9p.m.
The PRU Crew really enjoys our smaller, more efficient Council. We all owe former Mayor Howard P. Frimark, and his cut-the-council helpmates, Steve Huening, John Kerin and Amy Sullivan, our undying gratitude!
According to a District 64 announcement, "Interested candidates should submit an application no later than Monday, August 23 at 4:30 p.m." Applications are available here (.pdf)
The PRU Crew feels those anonymous souls who dedicated such tremendous effort circulating flyers opposing the last District 64 referendum should apply!
Nicely done, PRRPD, and long overdue! Drop-down menues would have been nice, but we'll overlook their omission since you've spared us those annoying pop-ups!
The PRU Crew is also looking forward to the time the PRRPD decides on a new method of video hosting and sharing! Just a suggestion!
PRU.ADMIN did attempt to submit comments pointing out the error and requesting a correction. An email was also sent, last Friday morning, to both the Public Watchdog editor and their blog host, Mr. Dave Kaufman at dkworldwide.com. However, our PRU.ADMIN's comments were deleted, we have not received a response to the email, and neither a correction nor retraction seem to have been undertaken by either the Public Watchdog editor nor their blog hosting company, as of this writing, and despite the apparent completion of the site's upgrade.
So much for information being the currency of democracy -- maybe we were wrong to assume Jefferson's quote implied accuracy!
August 17, 2010
Quick Hits!
Subscribe to:
Post Comments (Atom)
10 comments:
Desperate men will do desperate things. Very sad.
They delayed the approval again???? What are they waiting for, for the charities to all fold????
Anon@12:46 --
They did defer, again.
But it likely is not because any of the members of the council want the human needs services or cultural groups to fold.
Rather, with Ald. Carey absent, we suspect there would have been a 3 to 3 tie vote, somewhere along the line. Remember, the Mayor votes to break ties.
The Mayor would likely have voted against any and all contributions, which would mean there would not be a veto the council could then override, if they so chose.
For those Aldermen wishing to see to it that at least some of the community groups receive funding, it was a smart move.
However, our sources tell us both the Mayor and the Aldermen didn't seem to have a clue about parliamentary procedure at last night's meeting, and may have missed actually voting on several items.
The Crew is looking forward to the video.
PRU, I appreciate your explanation but I still think how long this has dragged on and on is absurd!
Hepburn and Tracy, Cheech & Chong, Butch and Sundance -- PRU and Pubdog need to smoke the peace pipe, pronto. You are both irreplacable signs of intelligent life in this burg, and we need both of you,gimlet gazes trained on the miscreants and nincompoops, to stay on your game! xxooetc.
Anon@3:21 --
As the saying goes, it's the thought that counts.
A much-cited 1995 Supreme Court ruling in McIntyre v. Ohio Elections Commission reads:
"Protections for anonymous speech are vital to democratic discourse. Allowing dissenters to shield their identities frees them to express critical, minority views . . . Anonymity is a shield from the tyranny of the majority. . . . It thus exemplifies the purpose behind the Bill of Rights, and of the First Amendment in particular: to protect unpopular individuals from retaliation . . . at the hand of an intolerant society."
Looks like PW is willing to out people if they disagree with them. It also looks like PW is willing to do that even when it's not the truth.
3:21, I wish I could agree with you but I don't think we need any more liars or tyrants in this town.
I agree with Anonymous 1:16. The way they have all played politics with these contributions and dragged it out is past absurd. I am offended by it. We have supported our local charitable causes for years so Park Ridge could help our own neighbors who are in need. Now at a time when the needs are growing every day and our local support centers are suffering cuts from every place, some want to cut off the little we give. I can't believe this is what the people of Park Ridge really want.
LOL. Petty drama. Pubdog is willing to tell a petty lie? What else is Pubdog willing to lie about?
Pub dog makes it up as he goes.
My latest favorite is how the Taste comittee has big political plans.
Pub dog is good for a laugh.
Post a Comment