Still Late, But Moving Along

Although the last Council meeting ran until 11:30PM, we are definitely making progress. It is very hard to have an open discussion on the platform and at the same time shorten the meeting. The last thing we want to do is limit public comment, so the meetings will be running a little longer.

Well, we certainly won the battle if not the war, and the war is still able to be won, if Mayor Seda resigns. The Building Department will remain open, and that is what we set out to do. When the new Mayor comes on board, if we see we need to increase our staff at the Building Department, we will be able to do so. It was a long, hard fight, but I feel we won.

We also cancelled the CCTV contract, and I think we are on our way to creating our own agenda and not having to undo the past. The EDC will be reappointed, and that is a very good thing.

As of this writing, we still haven't received an official resignation from Mayor Seda. That is very unfortunate, but he is a stubborn man. Everyone in town seems to want to be Mayor but me, and I don't know how it will be resolved. I would love to see a special election in the near future with an interim Mayor until then. I will certainly suggest that, but I have no idea if I will have three votes. I hope so, because I feel it is the fairest way to get our new Mayor. Let the people speak.

After almost two months on the Council, I have to admit it is a huge job. We have to spend a great deal of time preparing if we wants to do it right. I want all the information I can get before I vote, and that is the way it is.