Tuesday, June 17, 2014

Extremely Revealing Conversation. . .

with Councilman Kearney after the pool meeting Monday night.
He expressed his unhappiness about the fissure on council and asked what I made of Mr Hosch's actions. I said, as I have blogged and to the Pioneer editor: “I consider this open meetings question a perennial problem that goes all the way back to Clay Gavin's days as mayor.”
The large number of 10-15 minute meetings was proof things were being decided elsewhere and often in advance. Mr. Kearney seemed taken aback and told me that he was elected because the people thought he could walk, talk and chew gum at the same time. He went on to intimate that not every decision could or should be made in a meeting.
I insisted, "It damn well better be because otherwise people smell a rat!
A less than critical eye could have taken umbrage, concluded that Kearney was dissing me—I was running at the same time, but he doesn't strike me as petty. He has made a large, typical male error of concluding that winning an election is tantamount to carte blanche. It is not, & Mr. Hosch is doing us all a favor insisting that public business be done publicly.

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