If City Council is serious about accountability and transparency, why not appoint Bill Call to fill Tom Bullock’s vacant Ward 2 Councilperson position now that Tom has been elected to an At Large Councilperson position?
Bill Call is pro-Lakewood.
Bill Call is pro-economic development.
Bill Call is pro-education.
Bill Call has a strong finance background.
Bill Call understands the importance of addressing the Lakewood Hospital issues.
Bill Call is a registered Republican.
Bill Call is a likeable guy.
Bill Call is a consensus builder.
Bill Call is a relationship builder.
Bill Call will question the Establishment.
Bill Call will only have one vote so the other six city council members can just ignore him if they so desire.
Bill Call will be up for an election in two years so the Ward 2 citizens can vote him off the seat if they so desire.
Re: Bill Call for Ward 2?
Posted: Thu Nov 21, 2013 1:38 pm
by marklingm
Bill Call will work to improve all of Lakewood ... not just Ward 2.
... sometimes things just fall into the right place ...
Re: Bill Call for Ward 2?
Posted: Fri Nov 22, 2013 1:17 pm
by Peter Grossetti
Matthew John Markling wrote:If City Council is serious about accountability and transparency, why not appoint Bill Call to fill Tom Bullock’s vacant Ward 2 Councilperson position now that Tom has been elected to an At Large Councilperson position?
Bill Call will question the Establishment.
If appointed, Bill will then become a part of The Establishment.
Does that mean he will question himself all the time?!?!? And is that what we really need, another wishy-washy elected official?!?!?!?
btw ... agreed to all the other stuff you said about Bill, Matt.
Re: Bill Call for Ward 2?
Posted: Fri Nov 22, 2013 2:42 pm
by marklingm
Peter Grossetti wrote:Does that mean he will question himself all the time?!?!? And is that what we really need, another wishy-washy elected official?!?!?!?
I hope that Bill Call would question himself and his decisions if appointed, Peter.
I wish that more of our public officials would question themselves and their decisions to make sure that they are acting in the best interest of Lakewood.
Peter, I have worked with our current wishy-washy City Hall officials.
I know our current wishy-washy City Hall officials.
Some of these current wishy-washy City Hall officials are friends of mine.
Peter, there is nothing wishy-washy about Bill Call.
Matt
Re: Bill Call for Ward 2?
Posted: Fri Nov 22, 2013 2:43 pm
by marklingm
Peter Grossetti wrote:
Matthew John Markling wrote:If City Council is serious about accountability and transparency, why not appoint Bill Call to fill Tom Bullock’s vacant Ward 2 Councilperson position now that Tom has been elected to an At Large Councilperson position?
Bill Call will question the Establishment.
If appointed, Bill will then become a part of The Establishment.
Peter,
I know what you are getting at so this post is not directed at you.
I love how folks try to marginalize Bill Call because he can actually articulate an intelligent argument and position.
Bill Call has always been part of the Establishment.
Bill Call has always supported the Beck Center for the Arts and the Mayor’s Ball, for example.
Bill Call has always supported the Lakewood Chamber of Commerce, for example.
Bill Call is part of the Establishment.
If appointed, I am sure that Bill Call will continue to question the Establishment and march to the tune of his own kazoo.
Matt
Re: Bill Call for Ward 2?
Posted: Fri Nov 22, 2013 2:45 pm
by Peter Grossetti
Matthew John Markling wrote:Bill Call is a registered Republican.
In my book, that's a strike against him ... but then again, it would be a strike against him if he were a registered Democrat.
In my humble opinion, D's and R's and donkeys and elephants mean diddly squat in Smallville politics.
Peter Grossetti wrote:In my humble opinion, D's and R's and donkeys and elephants mean diddly squat in Smallville politics.
Peter,
I agree with you.
Bill Call agrees with you.
Unfortunately, City Hall does not.
Groupthink is never good.
I believe that diversity of ideas is always good for any organization.
Bill Call does, too.
As John F. Kennedy said at the Loyola College Alumni Banquet in Baltimore, Maryland on February 18, 1958:
Let us not seek the Republican answer or the Democratic answer but the right answer. Let us not seek to fix the blame for the past - let us accept our own responsibility for the future.
Matt
Re: Bill Call for Ward 2?
Posted: Fri Nov 22, 2013 3:37 pm
by Peter Grossetti
Matthew John Markling wrote:As John F. Kennedy said at the Loyola College Alumni Banquet in Baltimore, Maryland on February 18, 1958:
Let us not seek the Republican answer or the Democratic answer but the right answer. Let us not seek to fix the blame for the past - let us accept our own responsibility for the future.
JFK sure had good speech writers (including Arthur Schlesinger, Ted Sorenson and Richard N. Goodwin)
Re: Bill Call for Ward 2?
Posted: Sat Nov 23, 2013 12:13 pm
by Peter Grossetti
Matthew John Markling wrote:Bill Call understands the importance of addressing the Lakewood Hospital issues.
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Re: Bill Call for Ward 2?
Posted: Tue Nov 26, 2013 7:33 am
by marklingm
Peter Grossetti wrote:
Matthew John Markling wrote:As John F. Kennedy said at the Loyola College Alumni Banquet in Baltimore, Maryland on February 18, 1958:
Let us not seek the Republican answer or the Democratic answer but the right answer. Let us not seek to fix the blame for the past - let us accept our own responsibility for the future.
JFK sure had good speech writers (including Arthur Schlesinger, Ted Sorenson and Richard N. Goodwin)
So did Michael Corleone, Peter.
Matt
Re: Bill Call for Ward 2?
Posted: Tue Nov 26, 2013 9:22 am
by Bret Callentine
I'd love to see Bill represent us in ward 2. (of course, I'm not sure if that endorsement helps or hurts his chances)
Re: Bill Call for Ward 2?
Posted: Tue Nov 26, 2013 11:30 am
by Bill Call
Bret Callentine wrote:I'd love to see Bill represent us in ward 2. (of course, I'm not sure if that endorsement helps or hurts his chances)
Re: Bill Call for Ward 2?
Posted: Wed Nov 27, 2013 6:23 am
by marklingm
Bill Call wrote:
While Bill Call hasn’t even been appointed yet, he already has that Ward 2 smile nailed down to perfection.
