Here’s The Scoop…Mayor Misdeeds…..Counting Down To March 2010…Heat’s On…Shrinking Audience…
November 13, 2008 by Barbara
Dear Readers…some answers to your questions…
The Mayor…why no outrage from this writer…why did I implore her to not answer the Vice mayor when he was deep into his “investigative dais interrogation”?…
I don’t know what the Mayor did…and the little I do know leaves me with questions…of course …but to take the leap that she did anything “criminal”…just can’t jump on the Mc-trumped up charges bandwagon so fast……..in fact being too quick to jump onto the McIntee past gonna blow this town wide open “Big Scoops”…..that always….. always…petered out…to nothing….except riling up his posse…taught me never…never again…
First…. she does not have the Jerry McIntee “Teflon” history…so she gets a pass ….on this front…
Second…the little I know about the Mayor’s backers…Republican politicians…and Terry Arthur they are astute politically savvy people…who would know if something was illegal or not….
Third…it was the reaction of the Mayor…herself…she did not appear to be afraid of the McIntee/Silverstone…attacks….she sat back…let them “rip”…offered up a few answers… but what really stood out to this audience member ….was one line…she said as she sat forward…just because something has not been done “historically” does that make it wrong?…
BCbythesea…..Is it done in other towns?….
Fourth…The Town Manager…was emphatic when she talked of how it was always done before….and asked in her usual manner…if this was something the Commission wanted to change …she needed to know…no accusations of a crime…
Fifth…What was up with our Town Attorney…is his new seat assignment at the end…becoming more of a problem…with him sleeping on the job?…. Being no fan of the previous counsel…Cherof…I have no doubt he would have stopped the McIntee inquisition…which was totally out of line…especially coming from the man with the most answers required for nefarious acts…on the dais….using this “present” to deflect the Sentinel investigation..and Tallahassee taking yet another look at his ongoing questionable actions…
Sixth…How come the “2 hat” pals were totally in sync on this…SUNSHIINE? …perhaps…since the other Commissioners were obviously in the dark….more answers required on this one…for sure…telephone and e-mail requests someone?…….
Seventh…What is the proper protocol on any such inquiry…from the Manager..to a Commissioner…before a time wasting “Gotcha” on the dais?….The look in the audience at this past 11 pm late hour…was similar to the look when the Mc-wife took to the podium to speak…against her husband’s fellow dais members…and the Vice Mayor’s…Commissioner VFD comments…a collective ….glazed over …”not again” discomfort….
Eighth…Halloween…4th of July…Easter ….donations…that were not put in a bank account…who had those checks…who held them…who were those checks made out to…when were they handed over…and who was reimbursed from those events…before or after the Town Manager got the invoices…and finalized the event expenditures?…
Ninth…The Mayor and the Manager said from the start …the invoices were brought in…and the Mayor said she would produce all that was asked for…but this writer still wants to know …if the Manager..gave the info to the Vice Mayor and his pal…keeping it from the other 2?….
Tenth… I shook my head…because…no one should answer questions …on the dais…in that manner without counsel…and the audience had enough!….
All around the town…on the streets…in the condo….the number 1 question…is “How long is McIntee still up there?”…and a quick look of disappointment…with the response…”Until March 2010.”….
He cannot win next time out…not from Sea Ranch Club…not from the north end….and probably no longer in the south….definitely…not for Commissioner…most probably not for Mayor….he’s a 1 term dais member…no doubt…
So expect him to hold on tight to the VFD…the idea of a Referendum…to make his hold on it the last chance he has to keep him front and center…in the town…
His pal…the response on that is also universal…”Silverstone is harmless…without McIntee”…”He used to be a good guy”…”He used to be friendly with everyone”…”What’s McIntee hold over his head?”…and finally….”He will go down with McIntee…next time around.”….
BCbythesea…hears the Sentinel is still collecting info on the VFD…and is also being thwarted on getting public information requests…from the VFD…AMR… and the Town…
Add to this…the Talahhassee files must be growing thicker…with more info going down their way….question is …will the Ethics Commission…finally have enough of McIntee and Silverstone…and put the hammer down?…
It is said that a certain Ethics Commission member was put in a very uncomfortable position by the Vice Mayor in the last go- round…last summer…(previous post)…when he was unable to respond to the Vice Mayor’s assertions…due to the rules …of no additional information being allowed at the hearing…Is this guy …waiting to have his say…and join with those on the Ethics Commission who gave the “pals” a pass…with a stern warning of “go forth” and do not do these acts again.?…
In a 3fer…it is also going around that the Florida Attorney General has been informed of the VFD goings- on…and the lack of responding to public information requests…
All this in the VFD’s 1st 43 days on the job….WOW!..
Shrinking audience…….seems the Mc-CIC is shrinking in its stalwart members..of those in the circle around the inner …M & F’s circle……..with the response to this writer…by phone…e-mail and on the streets of this Town….the “slap” site was a screwup…the VFD resignation letter was an eye-opener…and the dais….diatribes…they are sick of it …and following those of us….who took the rose-colored blinders off…to breathe fresh air again…
Guess this is going to be the fastest demise of a Mc-movement..in LBTS history…as they continue to self destruct and implode….carrying out their hair-brained…acts…
more to ome….
