Holy Cow

Well now, this is an interesting turn. Our Mayor has resigned, and it is up to us, a 5-member Council, the majority of whom were just elected, to appoint a leader. Holy cow! This, of course, was by design, or the Mayor would have resigned in time for candidates to be on the November ballot. Alas, the Council is now in the unenviable position of appointing, not electing, a Mayor. We will clearly tick off half the population of Jackson no matter what we do. I have been on the Council exactly one month, and I am now being asked to pick out a person who will have to run Jackson Township until either a special election is held, or 2010 when the next scheduled election will be held. It would have been so much better if the people had a chance to speak in November. That would have been more than fair as far as I am concerned.

Jackson Township will be left in a mell of a hess no matter what. The Mayor has publicly stated he has unfinished business to clear up before he leaves. That, I assume, means pushing for the closing of the Building Department amongst other things. In truth, I wish he'd leave now, as long as he's going. How much more mess will we have to clear up before we can start to do what we said we would do? And there is so much that needs to be done. All I ask is a chance to do these things and get on with the business of healing Jackson. There is no question that Jackson is in pain right now, and we just need a chance to try to get it back together. This new development, while welcomed by the majority, will only cause more havoc by the way it was done. This is a scenario I was hoping to prevent by really having open Government. So much for pipe dreams. And so the saga continues, and I am now a central player in a drama I did not create.