I will not be attending the council meeting this week. I have the final organizational meeting for our car show this Thursday and I can't miss it. www.britishbash.com Check it out, we are raising money for St. Joseph's Children's Home www.sjkids.org May be I can work out a free pint for you bloggers that visit??
Also with time constraints on getting ready for all our friends and family coming in for Thunder it will be tough to get time to write anyway. Again if you come down look for us. We will be under double blue canopy in front of Colgate clock in the grass. Usually plenty of grub and adult beverages. Introduce yourself!!
Coop
Wednesday, April 18, 2007
Council Code of Conduct??
Here is a letter my neighbor e-mailed to me in response to the March 7th council meeting. The letter is relevant to past and future meetings so please read it.
Hello, Blogmeister:Feel free to post this if you want. My other post didn't seem to "take"---probably an AOL thing or something. Recently, I attended my first City Council meeting and frankly wasn't sure if I'd made a wrong turn and landed on the set of the Jerry Springer show. Friends, Romans, New Albanians---here's the deal. If I were an industry rep thinking of relocating a major business to this city, and I happened to drop by the meeting I witnessed, I would frankly reconsider the move. (And, trust me, people who are considering doing significant business in a city DO sometimes check out things like how such basic governmental meetings function.) The chair certainly didn't have a handle on the meeting but those garden-variety citizens attending who didn't know how to behave were shameless and many in number. I was inspired to slush back to the office and write a proposed Code of Conduct for these meetings---a covenant of responsibility, if you will, for both the council and the council meeting attendees. I've passed it along to a couple of council folk already and suggested they might want to adopt some version of this. But, maybe we need a groundswell movement! I would simply say that, in my view, an open meeting like the council is in essence a front door to our community. We can choose, as citizens and as a council, what type of front door impression we want to present to the wider world. I just hope we'll all choose wisely and, when in doubt, default to professionalism.KC
CODE OF CONDUCT
NEW ALBANY CITY COUNCIL MEETINGS
Thank you for attending this meeting of the New Albany City Council. As so to ensure that our meetings progress smoothly and professionally, we have adopted a meeting Code of Conduct. Your cooperation is appreciated.
As a council, we pledge to:
1. Start our meetings on time.
2. Stick to our pre-published agenda.
3. Follow Robert’s Rules of Order as our meeting protocol.
4. Provide some opportunity for guests to speak.
5. Address each other clearly so that we can be heard throughout the room.
6. Remain individually following meeting adjournment for a minimum for 15 minutes for additional comments and questions from individuals.
7. Provide e-mail addresses where we can be reached until the next scheduled meeting.
As for guests, we respectfully ask that you:
1. Enter and exit the council room quietly and unobtrusively, showing consideration to other guests who are already seated, as well as your council members.
2. Refrain from personal conversations or verbal outbursts while the council is in session.
3. Silence cell phones, pagers, and other electronic devices and refrain from cell phone conversations while the council is in session.
4. Refrain from inappropriate dress, disrespectful signage, and other obtrusive visual forms of personal expression in the meeting room and hallway.
5. Not engage in conversations directly outside the meeting room that may interfere with council or guests’ ability to hear the meeting proceedings. Please take these conversations to the perpendicular hallway on the third floor or to the first floor building lobby.
6. Not encounter council members during their five-minute breaks.
7. Refrain from bringing food into the council meeting room.
8. Respect council members’ time prior to and immediately following the meeting.
9. If you wish to speak for up to five minutes, place your request on a note card (provided) and pass it to the chair who will recognize you at an appropriate time to come to the podium.
Thank you for helping our council to serve you better.
Hello, Blogmeister:Feel free to post this if you want. My other post didn't seem to "take"---probably an AOL thing or something. Recently, I attended my first City Council meeting and frankly wasn't sure if I'd made a wrong turn and landed on the set of the Jerry Springer show. Friends, Romans, New Albanians---here's the deal. If I were an industry rep thinking of relocating a major business to this city, and I happened to drop by the meeting I witnessed, I would frankly reconsider the move. (And, trust me, people who are considering doing significant business in a city DO sometimes check out things like how such basic governmental meetings function.) The chair certainly didn't have a handle on the meeting but those garden-variety citizens attending who didn't know how to behave were shameless and many in number. I was inspired to slush back to the office and write a proposed Code of Conduct for these meetings---a covenant of responsibility, if you will, for both the council and the council meeting attendees. I've passed it along to a couple of council folk already and suggested they might want to adopt some version of this. But, maybe we need a groundswell movement! I would simply say that, in my view, an open meeting like the council is in essence a front door to our community. We can choose, as citizens and as a council, what type of front door impression we want to present to the wider world. I just hope we'll all choose wisely and, when in doubt, default to professionalism.KC
CODE OF CONDUCT
NEW ALBANY CITY COUNCIL MEETINGS
Thank you for attending this meeting of the New Albany City Council. As so to ensure that our meetings progress smoothly and professionally, we have adopted a meeting Code of Conduct. Your cooperation is appreciated.
As a council, we pledge to:
1. Start our meetings on time.
2. Stick to our pre-published agenda.
3. Follow Robert’s Rules of Order as our meeting protocol.
4. Provide some opportunity for guests to speak.
5. Address each other clearly so that we can be heard throughout the room.
6. Remain individually following meeting adjournment for a minimum for 15 minutes for additional comments and questions from individuals.
7. Provide e-mail addresses where we can be reached until the next scheduled meeting.
As for guests, we respectfully ask that you:
1. Enter and exit the council room quietly and unobtrusively, showing consideration to other guests who are already seated, as well as your council members.
2. Refrain from personal conversations or verbal outbursts while the council is in session.
3. Silence cell phones, pagers, and other electronic devices and refrain from cell phone conversations while the council is in session.
4. Refrain from inappropriate dress, disrespectful signage, and other obtrusive visual forms of personal expression in the meeting room and hallway.
5. Not engage in conversations directly outside the meeting room that may interfere with council or guests’ ability to hear the meeting proceedings. Please take these conversations to the perpendicular hallway on the third floor or to the first floor building lobby.
6. Not encounter council members during their five-minute breaks.
7. Refrain from bringing food into the council meeting room.
8. Respect council members’ time prior to and immediately following the meeting.
9. If you wish to speak for up to five minutes, place your request on a note card (provided) and pass it to the chair who will recognize you at an appropriate time to come to the podium.
Thank you for helping our council to serve you better.
Monday, April 2, 2007
"Resolution passes" are you kidding me? Really? Are you sure?
Hallelujah, they passed something that wasn’t an appropriation or abatement. I had to restrain myself from waving my arms in the air and standing to cheer. Actually credit for my restraint should fall upon the shoulders of the “joy sucker” with the gavel. It was like he just knew something good was going to happen. His opening address ended with a command to all of us in the peanut gallery to be restrained and keep our mouths shut during the session. In all actuality I must confess that this meeting was a vast improvement on the president’s part to keep the session on topic and in control. There is obvious room for growth but the effort and improvement shall be duly noted.
The “resolution” that passed was to purchase the 5 new police cars of the 10 the chief needs and asked for. The condition of these cars is said to be so bad the maintenance spending has doubled and the officers and their seats are falling through the floors of the vehicles. Even after all the discussion on the issue Steve (Fred Flintstone) Price voted no for the new cars. If he was the only person making financial decisions for this city we would have to change the name to Bedrock.
Two different resolutions to find more street paving money failed with the help of the Mayor. Wait, I thought he was the one asking, wanting and in need of this money? I have never in my life known someone who ridicules, derides, mocks and chaffs a group of people moments before asking them for something. I have seen him do it on many occasions just this year. I actually believe the paving monies from EDIT Fund had a chance to pass until he spoke to council. (a personal side note to the Mayor. Pick a book title from the list below and I will buy you the book if you promise to read it.)
How to win Friends and Influence People by Dale Carnegie
The Magic of Getting What You Want by David Schwartz
The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People by Stephen Covey
How to Make a Habit of Succeeding by Mack Douglas
Caring Enough to Confront by David Augsburger
CM Coffey tabled his FD hiring ordinance to see if anything he likes comes out of committee for the next meeting. NOT going to happen. On a side bar to this issue CM Price warned that if nothing happens in committee he is going to make sure something happens at next council meeting!! You should have seen CM Messer laughing. I thought he was going to fall out of his chair!!
Crime is on the rise around S. Ellen Jones Park. I urge my readers not to frequent this area between the hours of 1- 4 a.m.
For those of you getting in some early spring swimming and fishing via your living rooms, the Storm Water Board meetings have changed for this month. They will be meeting on the 13th and 27th . Mr. Deatrick agreed to me to make the top 6 priority spots public but, didn’t say when or where he would do this. Now that the money is there to fix the top six, lets see what happens.
The “resolution” that passed was to purchase the 5 new police cars of the 10 the chief needs and asked for. The condition of these cars is said to be so bad the maintenance spending has doubled and the officers and their seats are falling through the floors of the vehicles. Even after all the discussion on the issue Steve (Fred Flintstone) Price voted no for the new cars. If he was the only person making financial decisions for this city we would have to change the name to Bedrock.
Two different resolutions to find more street paving money failed with the help of the Mayor. Wait, I thought he was the one asking, wanting and in need of this money? I have never in my life known someone who ridicules, derides, mocks and chaffs a group of people moments before asking them for something. I have seen him do it on many occasions just this year. I actually believe the paving monies from EDIT Fund had a chance to pass until he spoke to council. (a personal side note to the Mayor. Pick a book title from the list below and I will buy you the book if you promise to read it.)
How to win Friends and Influence People by Dale Carnegie
The Magic of Getting What You Want by David Schwartz
The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People by Stephen Covey
How to Make a Habit of Succeeding by Mack Douglas
Caring Enough to Confront by David Augsburger
CM Coffey tabled his FD hiring ordinance to see if anything he likes comes out of committee for the next meeting. NOT going to happen. On a side bar to this issue CM Price warned that if nothing happens in committee he is going to make sure something happens at next council meeting!! You should have seen CM Messer laughing. I thought he was going to fall out of his chair!!
Crime is on the rise around S. Ellen Jones Park. I urge my readers not to frequent this area between the hours of 1- 4 a.m.
For those of you getting in some early spring swimming and fishing via your living rooms, the Storm Water Board meetings have changed for this month. They will be meeting on the 13th and 27th . Mr. Deatrick agreed to me to make the top 6 priority spots public but, didn’t say when or where he would do this. Now that the money is there to fix the top six, lets see what happens.
Friday, March 23, 2007
Council meeting again met my expectations for entertainment. I’ll give my review and opinions a little later as I am running right now on less than 2hrs of sleep.
I had to leave the council meeting last night to welcome in my new grandson. 7lb 14oz, 21” Tyler Anthony.
After 20hrs of labor, mother, father and grandparents are doing fine but very, very tired.
I will post more after some much needed sleep.
I had to leave the council meeting last night to welcome in my new grandson. 7lb 14oz, 21” Tyler Anthony.
After 20hrs of labor, mother, father and grandparents are doing fine but very, very tired.
I will post more after some much needed sleep.
Sunday, March 18, 2007
New Albany Smoke Free Air Act, May It R.I.P.
Has G-07-02 known as the New Albany Smoke Free Air Act really put to rest? If so may it Rest In Peace!
This is one ordinance that I am happy to see get tabled and go to committee (Also known as the Bermuda Triangle, cyber space, and the black hole). Not that I have very strong opinions one way or the other, which happens to be true also for the citizens of New Albany. It seams the only people interested enough in this ordinance to call the council members to voice concerns are the non-profits that are pushing this issue nationwide.
The reasons I am glad to see this issue R.I.P are two fold. The first is that this is not going to be an easy issue to even get out of committee. There are so many ways from special exemptions to being all inclusive that this could be written. If council had nothing else to work on it would take 6 months to get this out of committee. How long do you think it would take to get it discussed and passed by the sitting council? This could prove to be another one of those please everybody votes where a certain council member could find himself voting yes, abstaining, and then voting no to the first, second and third readings of the same ordinance!! Enough of that stuff already. There are much more important issues where the city council needs to spend valuable time.
The second reason is this. There is so much pressure from the non-profits on the state and federal legislature that this issue is getting handled by them. Did you know that at least 22 states have initiated smoking bans? These are not states that have towns and cities that have passed bans. These are states that have statewide state initiated smoking bans. Here are the ones that I have found, ARIZONA, ARKANSAS, CALIFORNIA, COLORADO, CONNECTICUT, DELAWARE, FLORIDA, GEORGIA, HAWAII, IDAHO, MAINE, MASSACHUSETTS, NEVADA, NEW JERSEY, NEW YORK, OHIO, OKLAHOMA, PUERTO RICO, RHODE ISLAND, SOUTH DAKOTA, UTAH, VERMONT, & WASHINGTON.
So sooner or later the state of Indiana is going to pass something. Let the state legislature handle this complicated process for us. That’s way they make the big bucks. If we don’t like what they give us I would hope our council could handle tweaking that.
Sorry it has been so long inbetween posts. I have been spending all my daylight hours putting two water gardens in my back yard.
This is one ordinance that I am happy to see get tabled and go to committee (Also known as the Bermuda Triangle, cyber space, and the black hole). Not that I have very strong opinions one way or the other, which happens to be true also for the citizens of New Albany. It seams the only people interested enough in this ordinance to call the council members to voice concerns are the non-profits that are pushing this issue nationwide.
The reasons I am glad to see this issue R.I.P are two fold. The first is that this is not going to be an easy issue to even get out of committee. There are so many ways from special exemptions to being all inclusive that this could be written. If council had nothing else to work on it would take 6 months to get this out of committee. How long do you think it would take to get it discussed and passed by the sitting council? This could prove to be another one of those please everybody votes where a certain council member could find himself voting yes, abstaining, and then voting no to the first, second and third readings of the same ordinance!! Enough of that stuff already. There are much more important issues where the city council needs to spend valuable time.
The second reason is this. There is so much pressure from the non-profits on the state and federal legislature that this issue is getting handled by them. Did you know that at least 22 states have initiated smoking bans? These are not states that have towns and cities that have passed bans. These are states that have statewide state initiated smoking bans. Here are the ones that I have found, ARIZONA, ARKANSAS, CALIFORNIA, COLORADO, CONNECTICUT, DELAWARE, FLORIDA, GEORGIA, HAWAII, IDAHO, MAINE, MASSACHUSETTS, NEVADA, NEW JERSEY, NEW YORK, OHIO, OKLAHOMA, PUERTO RICO, RHODE ISLAND, SOUTH DAKOTA, UTAH, VERMONT, & WASHINGTON.
So sooner or later the state of Indiana is going to pass something. Let the state legislature handle this complicated process for us. That’s way they make the big bucks. If we don’t like what they give us I would hope our council could handle tweaking that.
Sorry it has been so long inbetween posts. I have been spending all my daylight hours putting two water gardens in my back yard.
Wednesday, March 7, 2007
New Albany City CouncilCommittee on the Ambulance
From meeting March 5, 2007
Since the Tribune actually did a good job of covering the council meeting, I will not go into great detail. I will try to fill some gaps, give insight, and ask some questions I have personally.
From the top, for those of you attending the meetings, we have some date changes. The Tribune reported the March 15th change to March 22nd. August 16 to the 23rd, and November 5th a Monday to November 1st a Thursday are the other changes.
Time and time again I have talked about the lack of communication between council members between meetings. These council meetings could be over in an hour if just half of the discussion time used during the meeting were done off public record. When a council person introduces an ordinance that finds heated circular discussion for an hour then gets tabled by the sponsor is just asinine. If you know your going to table your ordinance or put it back in committee (which has happened in more than one case this year already) then do so before you waste your time (and ours) arguing for an hour over something you know you are not going to vote on.
A prime example of this is the confusion over the pulling of FD ordinance. How much time could it have possible taken to make a couple of calls to make sure that since you were going to be absent from the meeting that the ordinance would still be on the agenda to be read? Of course there was no reason for it to be pulled in the first place, but how much time and headache could have been saved for a few minutes of communication? This is not an attack but, sincere questions Mr. Blevens. You work two jobs and serve on city council. Do you have a family also? You’re spreading yourself pretty thin. Do you honestly think you are doing as well as you should on all fronts?
A pat on the back for Mr. Zurschmiede, Blevens and Gahan for making sure Mr. Kochert understands what can be pulled from the agenda and how. All ordinances must be read 3 times unless, pulled by sponsor, voted to be tabled or put into committee.
Mr. Coffey blamed the previous controller for the city not having any money to spend. Could it be that all this trouble really only falls on those shoulders?
It will be very interesting to see if street names are actually brought forward into the discussion of street paving. The mayor repeatedly mentioned Market St. as a priority.
I guess we’ll just have to wait and see.
One thing that impressed me was the fact that the rule about not making comments of a personal nature was not broken until after 9:00 p.m. I believe the previous record this year has been 8:15. Of course those involved made up for the lack of an early entry with vivid display of running down the hall, jumping up and down, finger pointing and defending yourself by pointing your finger at someone else and accusing them of something completely off topic. The Mayor succeeded in a surprise attack, as he re-entered the room of council chambers through the back door firing insults as with a Tommy gun at Mr. Messer.
I have a few comments about the committee on the ambulance report. I would like to thank Mr. Blevens for providing me with a copy. I was a fireman/EMT-A for 10 yrs so I can relate somewhat to this topic.
Fact#2-“How many” firefighters are waiting to be trained for the ambulance and how long have they been waiting? Does there probationary period end in a years even if they don’t take the test? B-Training can and should be done in house. How much is outside sourcing of this training instruction costing us?
Fact#3-This is a serious charge. The public needs to know the names of the firefighters who were threatened and who made the threat of disciplinary action.
Fact#4-Who made the decision to use the $80,000 for the locator system the chief does not want to use? His actual response was similar to, “I will use what I want when I want.”
Fact#5-If there are officers on the FD that are not being paid at their salary position, who are they and how many are there?
Fact#6-It is my understanding that there are 85 firefighters. Not less than 15 will put the percentage around 20%. I think you are going to get a 20% disgruntled employee range in about any business or profession. However if constantly moving these people is costing the city money we have the right to know why it is a constant.
Fact#8-I also run a business and if I only collected 60% of the money for my products and services I would be bankrupt in 2 yrs. What is the fee for an average ambulance run? Do we need to raise the fee to compensate for those that can’t or won’t pay?
Fact#9-The Mayor and chief jumped all over this one. I would think now that this has been made public the mayor would want to here from the chiefs subordinates as to their opinion of the chief’s leadership. The chief should actually say “bring it on” if he is confident of his leadership. This vote would actually clear up the entire charge of this committee.
Fact#10-Use your favorite cliché here but this was not a good decision. Just put the firefighter’s shoes or your feet. If the only people you could officially complain to about your supervisor were the supervisor’s son or the person who appointed your supervisor to that position, how would you feel about your job?
I agree with Mr. Coffey that the city council should not micro-manage the city’s affairs.
For the city council to find areas of concern in possible mismanagement and possibly bad fiscal responsibility is not micro-managing. To do as Mr. Coffey suggested and offer solutions to these concerns would indeed be micro-management. These concerns have been made public (though not in enough detail) so it is now the administrations job to address them and relieve doubt.
To end on a lighter note, the funniest thing to see that night was Dick Stewart and Tonye Rutherford playing tug of war with a folding chair. If only my camera would go from standby to taking a pic in 5 seconds!! Damn!!
Since the Tribune actually did a good job of covering the council meeting, I will not go into great detail. I will try to fill some gaps, give insight, and ask some questions I have personally.
From the top, for those of you attending the meetings, we have some date changes. The Tribune reported the March 15th change to March 22nd. August 16 to the 23rd, and November 5th a Monday to November 1st a Thursday are the other changes.
Time and time again I have talked about the lack of communication between council members between meetings. These council meetings could be over in an hour if just half of the discussion time used during the meeting were done off public record. When a council person introduces an ordinance that finds heated circular discussion for an hour then gets tabled by the sponsor is just asinine. If you know your going to table your ordinance or put it back in committee (which has happened in more than one case this year already) then do so before you waste your time (and ours) arguing for an hour over something you know you are not going to vote on.
A prime example of this is the confusion over the pulling of FD ordinance. How much time could it have possible taken to make a couple of calls to make sure that since you were going to be absent from the meeting that the ordinance would still be on the agenda to be read? Of course there was no reason for it to be pulled in the first place, but how much time and headache could have been saved for a few minutes of communication? This is not an attack but, sincere questions Mr. Blevens. You work two jobs and serve on city council. Do you have a family also? You’re spreading yourself pretty thin. Do you honestly think you are doing as well as you should on all fronts?
A pat on the back for Mr. Zurschmiede, Blevens and Gahan for making sure Mr. Kochert understands what can be pulled from the agenda and how. All ordinances must be read 3 times unless, pulled by sponsor, voted to be tabled or put into committee.
Mr. Coffey blamed the previous controller for the city not having any money to spend. Could it be that all this trouble really only falls on those shoulders?
It will be very interesting to see if street names are actually brought forward into the discussion of street paving. The mayor repeatedly mentioned Market St. as a priority.
I guess we’ll just have to wait and see.
One thing that impressed me was the fact that the rule about not making comments of a personal nature was not broken until after 9:00 p.m. I believe the previous record this year has been 8:15. Of course those involved made up for the lack of an early entry with vivid display of running down the hall, jumping up and down, finger pointing and defending yourself by pointing your finger at someone else and accusing them of something completely off topic. The Mayor succeeded in a surprise attack, as he re-entered the room of council chambers through the back door firing insults as with a Tommy gun at Mr. Messer.
I have a few comments about the committee on the ambulance report. I would like to thank Mr. Blevens for providing me with a copy. I was a fireman/EMT-A for 10 yrs so I can relate somewhat to this topic.
Fact#2-“How many” firefighters are waiting to be trained for the ambulance and how long have they been waiting? Does there probationary period end in a years even if they don’t take the test? B-Training can and should be done in house. How much is outside sourcing of this training instruction costing us?
Fact#3-This is a serious charge. The public needs to know the names of the firefighters who were threatened and who made the threat of disciplinary action.
Fact#4-Who made the decision to use the $80,000 for the locator system the chief does not want to use? His actual response was similar to, “I will use what I want when I want.”
Fact#5-If there are officers on the FD that are not being paid at their salary position, who are they and how many are there?
Fact#6-It is my understanding that there are 85 firefighters. Not less than 15 will put the percentage around 20%. I think you are going to get a 20% disgruntled employee range in about any business or profession. However if constantly moving these people is costing the city money we have the right to know why it is a constant.
Fact#8-I also run a business and if I only collected 60% of the money for my products and services I would be bankrupt in 2 yrs. What is the fee for an average ambulance run? Do we need to raise the fee to compensate for those that can’t or won’t pay?
Fact#9-The Mayor and chief jumped all over this one. I would think now that this has been made public the mayor would want to here from the chiefs subordinates as to their opinion of the chief’s leadership. The chief should actually say “bring it on” if he is confident of his leadership. This vote would actually clear up the entire charge of this committee.
Fact#10-Use your favorite cliché here but this was not a good decision. Just put the firefighter’s shoes or your feet. If the only people you could officially complain to about your supervisor were the supervisor’s son or the person who appointed your supervisor to that position, how would you feel about your job?
I agree with Mr. Coffey that the city council should not micro-manage the city’s affairs.
For the city council to find areas of concern in possible mismanagement and possibly bad fiscal responsibility is not micro-managing. To do as Mr. Coffey suggested and offer solutions to these concerns would indeed be micro-management. These concerns have been made public (though not in enough detail) so it is now the administrations job to address them and relieve doubt.
To end on a lighter note, the funniest thing to see that night was Dick Stewart and Tonye Rutherford playing tug of war with a folding chair. If only my camera would go from standby to taking a pic in 5 seconds!! Damn!!
Thursday, March 1, 2007
Meet The Candidates Night
Well it was a great turnout of candidates tonight hosted by the Uptown Neighborhood Association.. I counted 24. The weather was not at its best so the public turnout was quit dismal. Just in case you want to know who took the time to be there, here is a list of the candidates that caught my eye. If I missed your favorite candidate and you know they were there please say so, and be sure they were not left off the list intentionally.
Mayor; Doug England, Mayor Garner and Larry Scharlow
City Clerk; Lisa Curry, Jennifer Mayfield, & Marcy Wisman
Council at Large; Richard Berryman, Valla Ann Bolovschak, Jack Messer, Kevin Zurschmiede, Tonye Rutherford and Shirley Baird
Council District #1 Theresa Timberlake
Council District #2 Pete Lyons, Harry Harbison and Bill Schmidt
Council District #3 Maury Goldberg, Steve Price and Charlie Harshfield
Council District #4 David Aebersold, Pat McLaughlin
Council District #5 Jameson Bledsoe
Council District #6 Jeff Gahan, Dick Stewart and Sam Anderson
Of all the candidates that I met for the first time tonight, Theresa Timberlake made a very good first impression. She seems to be honest and sincere. She was very friendly and a good conversationalist. Running against the incumbent Coffey, she will have to grow some thicker skin.
Mayor; Doug England, Mayor Garner and Larry Scharlow
City Clerk; Lisa Curry, Jennifer Mayfield, & Marcy Wisman
Council at Large; Richard Berryman, Valla Ann Bolovschak, Jack Messer, Kevin Zurschmiede, Tonye Rutherford and Shirley Baird
Council District #1 Theresa Timberlake
Council District #2 Pete Lyons, Harry Harbison and Bill Schmidt
Council District #3 Maury Goldberg, Steve Price and Charlie Harshfield
Council District #4 David Aebersold, Pat McLaughlin
Council District #5 Jameson Bledsoe
Council District #6 Jeff Gahan, Dick Stewart and Sam Anderson
Of all the candidates that I met for the first time tonight, Theresa Timberlake made a very good first impression. She seems to be honest and sincere. She was very friendly and a good conversationalist. Running against the incumbent Coffey, she will have to grow some thicker skin.
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