The amount of spending our esteemed Mayor is doing is almost mind boggling. However, the Council is doing what it can to stop him in his tracks. After last month's lowering of the threshold for bid, we cut him off at the heels with a lot of the bills on Wednesday. The best one I found was his submitting to go to the League of Municipalities conference. Is he out of his mind? He told me the room he reserved was for the next Mayor. If he thought I believed that, he had another think coming. We unanimously voted NOT to pay that bill. And I can assure everyone that there will be more we will deny. None of us has the stomach to let this spending go on. And the next budget will be unbelievably scrutinized before it ever gets by this Council. The Department heads are on notice that we want some serious cuts.
As for transferring between accounts, that is a very common practice. We used to do that all the time on the Board of Education. It's just that when I served on that Board, I trusted the Superintendent of Schools. I do not trust the Mayor. And his people can't function under the Reign of Terror he has created. I couldn't function well either if I thought I would lose my job if I went against the Mayor's wishes. The Town is in "freeze" mode, and it won't go away until the Mayor does. We can't shut down the Government. We just need to keep a good eye on the Governors.
But we will keep on keeping on. This is a good Council. We work well together, and together we will try to fix what's broken. That is what we were elected to do.
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Well, now that the reign of terror is over the council has to scrutinize everything that goes out in the next week or so. I'm sure there will be bombshells in the future. I, as a taxpayer, appreciate the council voting no to Seda's ridiculous spending spree. Thank you!
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