List Of Ward 2 Applicants!

[marklingm]

From: Hagan, Mary [mailto:Mary.Hagan@lakewoodoh.net]
Sent: Friday, January 10, 2014 1:35 PM
To: [redacted]
Subject: Meeting Notice Committee of the Whole

Notice enclosed and attached:

Issued 1/10/14
NOTICE OF MEETING – COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE


The Committee of the Whole will meet Monday, January 13, 2014, at 6:00 PM in the Jury Room of Lakewood City Hall, 12650 Detroit Road, Lakewood, Ohio. Following interviews of candidates, Executive Session may be called. The agenda is as follows:


1. RESOLUTION NO. 8699-14 - A RESOLUTION to take effect immediately provided it receives the affirmative vote of at least five members of Council, or otherwise to take effect and be in force after the earliest period allowed by law, appointing_____________________to the office of Councilmember, Ward 2, for the unexpired term ending December 31, 2015. (Referred to the Committee from the 1/6/13 Regular meeting of Council)

Mary Louise Madigan, Chair
COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE

The interview process appears to be open to the public.

Thank you, President Madigan!

[Bill Call]

Appointed officials are usually loyal to the insiders that got them to their position, not the public that does not have a say in their appointment.

One problem this creates results from listening to the inside group that hangs onto old policies and mind sets rather than listening to the majority of residents in neighborhoods who speak up for change.

Council will conduct interviews will all of the applicants (who are still interested) on Monday, January 13, 2014. My scheduled time is 6:45. The interviews are open to the public. I don't know when the first interview is scheduled.

It's only natural for members of Council to vote for an applicant who shares their ideology, party and vision for the City. I'm sure they would also like to avoid anyone who is overly combative.

I happen to think that overall the City is well run and that we are lucky to have a mature and competent group governing the City. That said, I think that their failure to challenge the Cleveland Clinic and Cuyahoga County and its various agencies is a serious flaw.

The 2014 Comprehensive Budget Document

2014_Lakewood_Comprehensive_Budget.pdf

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is long on information and short on vision. Competence isn't enough when our County institutions are doing so much damage. It's time to challenge those institutions.

[marklingm]

Council will conduct interviews will all of the applicants (who are still interested) on Monday, January 13, 2014. My scheduled time is 6:45. The interviews are open to the public.

Now this is newsworthy!

The interviews are open to the public.

And Bill Call is getting an interview.

Thank you, President Madigan!