In an overwhelming display of hubris, Mayor Steele, Vicky and the City Council saluted the entire electorate with upraised middle finger Thursday night... figuratively speaking. Just look at the coverage on Channel 23 and see for yourself.
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A very self-congratulatory, brazen and smug city council convened before a crowd of at least sixty to defecate on the citizenry and push forth their "final agenda". In their wisdom, they re-ordered the agenda to consider the resignations and replacements for the Leal and Vandygriff positions on the council BEFORE considering the other agenda items. The crowd responded approvingly when Vandygriff resigned. Jean Landrum was placed in Vandygriff's vacated seat and Vandygriff was placed in Leal's seat and given another year to bolster the mayor's agenda and "represent" the people expressly against their mandate from the polls and collective better judgment. And the crowd went wild vehemently denouncing the action by the City Council, the wanton disregard for the voters who wanted Vandygriff out and the insult to the entire electorate by extending Vandygriff's term. Vandygriff's swearing in was protested so loudly in the room that the Mayor threatened to arrest folks - which got a huge laugh from the citizens assembled. When he scolded the group that "this is not a joke folks" - never has such truth been told by one so ignorant of what was being said. Nevertheless, when citizens started being escorted from the Hall, many residents left en masse with the TV cameras to take their complaints and frustrations to the streets (parking lot).
When the group reconvened after the executive session where contract deals were inked between the City and their favored henchmen which ascended to positions of becoming "city officers" - with all the privileges and liabilities that distinction entails. Vicky Vandygriff joyously, maliciously and very in-your-face to the citizens assembled - took on the task of making all the motions to create four new city officers Building Official Bill Burns, Code Enforcer and Fire Chief Marcus Smith, Police Chief Victor Kemp and provide employment contracts to those three as well as City Secretary Alice Holloway.
Evidently, the city council never read those contracts because Stan Bell stated after the meeting he didn't know what the contracts said in response to a question about contract termination clauses. A citizen pointed out that - as is typical for Stan - the meeting was over and Stan still didn't know what had happened - thank you Stan for your "service" and good riddance.
The City Council NEVER DISCLOSED the amount of taxpayer funds committed with these new employment contracts or the contract term/duration when asked by the public from the floor. Evidently, Council members were under orders not to discuss those items with the public, as disclosed by councilman Bob Turner in an after meeting conversation.
Monday, May 23, 2011
Mayor, Vandygriff & Council "Flip the Bird" to Voters *UPDATE*
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Well that is pretty cool there...looks like they got one over on ya'll!!!Hehehehehe!!
I wonder why they didn't give Anthony and Cotton City Officer designations...
Oh and just how is it that the new city council will be ensuring that there is a 24/7 flow of good water to the city of Wilmer when the citizens don't vote to fund and improvements? I noticed on one of the election signs awhile back that the water was a point of contention. As a water and wastewater operator for over 17 years, I can assure you that if no money is put into infrastructural improvements, there will be failures of a greater and greater scale. THEN what are ya gonna do??
U mean the felon Working for the city water department , I have nooooooo clue why he wouldn't get a city officer designation
He might be a felon, but he has the highest water and sewer license of anyone that has worked for the city of wilmer. Sometimes people make mistakes in life. I am sure that you are perfect and have never made a mistake. Or is it that you just did not get caught.
yes he is a felon, but I am sure that Wilmer is packed with felons.
Anyway, the issue is not with his past, but how the city will operate its water and wastewater infrastructure. Lots of people give this man and his workers a very hard time, but you never see ANY of them offering to help out when they are hip deep in mud doing a dangerous job trying to provide a service to the community. I personally know of a couple of men who have lost their lives doing that job. And if your sewer is stopped up, who is the first person you are going to call? Yep, that very guy that you have been bad mouthing. He's going to get up and come to work and deal with your crap, literally, and still get bad mouthed about it...
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