I'm for the war, no I'm against it
Okay, it wasn't exactly the same thing, but if I saw and heard what I think I saw and heard at that city meeting on the Monroe Transfer rezoning, the one person who should have stood up for her precinct was totally confused about which way to vote.
Now I really do like Dorothy Edwards, but after watching her for a few years, I'm beginning to think this confusion is a bizarre act. It seems she follows a pattern of voicing confusion about which vote means what on some very crucial issues.
Does she have an elaborate plan to do this just so she can straddle the fence on tough issues? (Well, I meant to vote for/against it, but the wording confused me. I'm really for/against it). Or is she just, well, really confused?
Either way, this is not the kind of representation her precinct deserves. I mean if you're voting on an issue that's important to some other neighborhood, it doesn't matter if you waffle all over the place. If you're voting on an issue that's controversial in your own backyard, you better have it figured out by the time they call the roll. No?
Now I really do like Dorothy Edwards, but after watching her for a few years, I'm beginning to think this confusion is a bizarre act. It seems she follows a pattern of voicing confusion about which vote means what on some very crucial issues.
Does she have an elaborate plan to do this just so she can straddle the fence on tough issues? (Well, I meant to vote for/against it, but the wording confused me. I'm really for/against it). Or is she just, well, really confused?
Either way, this is not the kind of representation her precinct deserves. I mean if you're voting on an issue that's important to some other neighborhood, it doesn't matter if you waffle all over the place. If you're voting on an issue that's controversial in your own backyard, you better have it figured out by the time they call the roll. No?
posted by The Observer at 3/22/2007 01:33:00 PM
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Dorothy is confused - her facilties are failing. She is not the sharp representative now that she was for her precinct over the last several years.
I hope her precinct understands this, and doesn't give her too much grief since her vote really didn't swing anything.
I hope she does not opt to run for another term, and a good canidate for her precinct emerges.
Unfortunately some of the likely canidates to replace her are flip/floppers and actresses just like John Kerry is(Jackie?) playing for the audience.
I guess if I was from the East Side I would want Willie. At least he has not changed his tune.
I don't believe that any Councilperson should "waffle all over the place" on any vote. They are, after all, only precinct representatives when getting elected. After the election, they are City wide representatives looking out for the entire City of Monroe, not just their own precinct.
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