I post this as another example of what is wrong down at the city (left click the email to make it larger):
Reading the email trail from the bottom we have:
The city manager makes a suggestion to a city representative. She thinks that we should have more LRC’s (legislative review committees). Legislative review committees are smaller groups of city representatives that meet to discuss issues specific to a specific topic. This allows city representatives who have a particular interest in a subject to spend more time reviewing issues.
Output from the legislative review committee might go directly to city council or to an LRC of the whole (all members of city council).
This might be a good idea. Certainly it was appropriate for the city manager to discuss it with a city representative.
Next we see the city representative agreeing. Once again very appropriate.
Then the dishonesty
Once the city representative and the city manager agree, the city manager becomes dishonest.
“OK Make it your idea. Say you discussed with me a couple of times and I concurred that we had lost a useful vehicle for council to discuss issues of interest and concern”.
Who works for whom? Why does the city manager have to hide the facts from the public and the rest of city council? Why didn’t the city representative respond that taking credit for the idea was not honest?
I won’t even start on the issue of the suggested serial meeting.
To me this is disgusting.
We deserve better
Brutus
elpasospeak 
old news – already “exposed” months ago. I guess by your definition its a crime for a city rep to ask for help in getting an issue before council – particularly one that is “shy” about speaking up. You fail to point out how many times citizens approach elected officials and “help” them carry their issues on council. So which is worse – helping a council rep make a case or a citizen pupushing a city rep to carry his issue?
LikeLike
MEK,
I apologize, that was not my point at all. Here we have an employee manipulating the boss, and even worse in my opinion, the boss allowing it.
I completely agree with you that the manager should bring issues to the representatives for their consideration.
In my opinion they crossed the line when they moved forward the way they did.
No crime in my opinion. I never said that. You are right that this document was first made public some months ago. Much of the public does not know what is going on, my goal is to present the facts and let the people decide what to do.
Brutus
LikeLike
Joyce Wilson is apparently just as good a puppeteer as many of the big boys in town.
LikeLike