So what do you think the noise level is for Tennis?….
” The will of the people”…”Democracy at it’s best”…”You spoke and we listened”…”This is how it’s supposed to work”…Blah…blah…blah…
Bull****….because it’s the “SELECTIVE will of the people”…with the new majority of McIntee/Silverstone & Clottey…
A room full of residents…and business owners that rivaled the “Tennis people” who came to the podium to get the tennis courts ordinance changed……Hell, they rivaled the “Parade” orchestrated by McIntee for the Town Manager a few weeks back…No, they usurped the “parade” because the people last night came on their own…without anyone “leaning” on them to come and speak up…..All those that came forward said there is no problem…tourists and residents look forward to the music…it makes the town a destination point….this is a resort town was repeatedly brought forth……
The “Noise” Ordinance 1st Reading…2009-14… introduced by these 3 Mc-gang members from “complaints” they say they received…Still, they will not say how many they got and where they came from…because the “complaints”…I think I’m safe in saying…. are a few “orchestrated” from their CIC pals…severely exaggerated to accommodate their common goal!…
Commissioner Clottey…is a huge disappointment to all who thought she was independent of thought… Look at the tape from last night. If the problem as she stated was music after 10 pm…that’s already on the books…Ask for BSO to deal with it with a proper complaint and call to them…..instead of running out at 2 am to check up on your own ala “Mini-Me” Code Enforcer….Again, she mentioned the “constant music”…alluding to the Greek’s 2 day event….( the elephant in the room)….There’s an answer to that one…stay in the north Commissioner…because up here we enjoyed it…and many wish it would be the way 4th of July would be celebrated as well…downtown with all the businesses in charge!……She asked the businesses to tell her what they want…and they did!…Did she respond? ….Only to say how high do you want the meter level to be?…Thanks for nothing!…
Commissioner “Jimmy” Boy…wouldn’t even listen to his fiancee’s own restaurant Manager…and went on to display his usual discombobulated “Norm Crosby” style delivery …saying …”Pecifically” …complaints have been made and they “had to take action”…Last meeting he said he received no complaints…which is it?…Talking about how this version is better than the old one….because the old one “had no teeth in it”…”Lies are being spread around”..No one will “abuse it”…..It’s a residential town…”primarily”…Don’t forget this one…when “Jimmy” talked about “decimal points”…ARGHHHH….
Vice Mayor McIntee sat there with his Ipod…saying it read 50 decibels…we hear that was not so…it was 70…but 70 would not suit his needs …so as is his “practice” he needed to “play” with the numbers a little…We all know how good he is with that…Droning on so long that the being notes passed and the texters were having a field day…We hear the T.V. McIntee”game players” were heard yelling at their screens….nothing that can put in print!…”Big Brother” statements…”Gives the town enforcement”…It’s “Government providing enforcement tool”…increduously stating “Everybody’s happy including your stores”…HUH?….and ending with this ridiculous statement It’s “not a tool to attack”…Yeah Right!…
Commissioner Dodd tried hard to bring reason back on the dais…but to no avail…stating he had no complaints…The same statement that was made by the businesses and the BSO…that they should simply continue on with asking the proper authorities to ask it be turned down and that would suffice…saying this ordinance was not necessary…He asked Dave Gadsby of the Village Grille to come up and speak…Dave said he had no complaints..he’s on top of his musicians…and this was not needed as the status quo was just fine…with code enforcement…
The Vice Mayor wasn’t done…he brought Dave up again…and “implored” him to his side…but the Vice Mayor was shot down when Dave said about the new meters and the ordinance…. “Has there been enough complaints to get to this point?”…The audience laughed…knowing there had not!…
The Mayor spoke eloquently as has become her practice of late…. speaking of community…the town …the businesses…. “good will” and not “burdening” businesses in these hard economic times…working together…having a balance and staying with what we already have …
The Public Safety Officers rolled their eyes…the Audience knew the “Cookies were in” ( a favorite McIntee line)…and the vote went 3-2…Mayor Minnet and Commissioner Dodd dissenting…as it will be on this dais….that is until the “2-hats” are voted out…
We did not need to do anything…except leave the businesses alone…any problem with music…go and tell the owners or managers…and let code and BSO do their job…you know just as it has been for all these years…without incident…that is until the Code Enforcer/ Vigilante got a bug up his you know what to cause some more grief for the Greeks!…
more to come….
Tags: LBTS Agendas/Meetings, local government, Local Politics
