Middletown Forum : 1/03/2012 Council meeting http://www.middletownusa.com/forum/ This is an XML content feed of; Middletown Forum : City Council : 1/03/2012 Council meeting Mon, 05 Oct 2026 20:06:27 +0000 Wed, 04 Jan 2012 10:51:23 +0000 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Web Wiz Forums 10.12 360 www.middletownusa.com/forum/RSS_post_feed.asp?TID=4309 Middletown Forum http://middletownusa.com/images/blog-logo.jpg http://www.middletownusa.com/forum/ 1/03/2012 Council meeting : Mr. P,Would this lack of a televised... http://www.middletownusa.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=4309&PID=31353&title=1-03-2012-council-meeting#31353 Author: TonyB
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Posted: Jan 04 2012 at 10:51am

Mr. P,

Would this lack of a televised meeting be considered a violation of Ohio's "Sunshine" law? After all the complaints about having a meeting before the meeting, this just seems like incompetence on the part of the city administration. Did no one check to see if the cameras were working? Were no TV Middletown employees available to run the equipment? Will there even be an explanation as to why this meeting was not televised? It may be a new year but it seems like the same old s***!!!
]]> Wed, 04 Jan 2012 10:51:23 +0000 http://www.middletownusa.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=4309&PID=31353&title=1-03-2012-council-meeting#31353 1/03/2012 Council meeting : Tony, It was a historic... http://www.middletownusa.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=4309&PID=31352&title=1-03-2012-council-meeting#31352 Author: Mike_Presta
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Posted: Jan 04 2012 at 10:32am

Tony,

It was a historic meeting, and our historic mayor made thehistoric appointment of historic Dan Picard as the historic vice-mayor.  He was confirmed by a historic unanimousvote.

All of the above occurred in the HISTORIC downtown area ofhistoric Middletown!!!

…Historic Mike

]]> Wed, 04 Jan 2012 10:32:15 +0000 http://www.middletownusa.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=4309&PID=31352&title=1-03-2012-council-meeting#31352 1/03/2012 Council meeting : Went to City website, read the... http://www.middletownusa.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=4309&PID=31351&title=1-03-2012-council-meeting#31351 Author: TonyB
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Posted: Jan 04 2012 at 10:27am

Went to City website, read the workbook. Not much on the agenda. Maybe they assumed since so little was being done, it was a waste of time and money to televise. ]]> Wed, 04 Jan 2012 10:27:41 +0000 http://www.middletownusa.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=4309&PID=31351&title=1-03-2012-council-meeting#31351 1/03/2012 Council meeting : Will there be any explanation... http://www.middletownusa.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=4309&PID=31350&title=1-03-2012-council-meeting#31350 Author: TonyB
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Posted: Jan 04 2012 at 10:17am

Will there be any explanation as to why the 1/3/12 council meeting was not televised? Or why no city manager newsletter? Probably not until a meeting is held to decide the proper "story" to foist on a citizenry that remains blissfully ignorant of the damage done to the reputation of the city. Does anyone know what happened at the council meeting? Did anyone attend? Was there even a workbook distributed?]]> Wed, 04 Jan 2012 10:17:14 +0000 http://www.middletownusa.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=4309&PID=31350&title=1-03-2012-council-meeting#31350 1/03/2012 Council meeting : ATTENTION! IMPORTANT NEWS FROM... http://www.middletownusa.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=4309&PID=31346&title=1-03-2012-council-meeting#31346 Author: VietVet
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Posted: Jan 04 2012 at 6:57am

ATTENTION! IMPORTANT NEWS FROM YOUR MIDDLETOWN JOURNAL.....INFORMATION YOU MUST KNOW.....

Picard voted as vice mayor by Middletown council

MIDDLETOWN — Fourth Ward Councilman Dan Picard was tapped to be the next vice mayor for the city by unanimous vote Tuesday night.

UNANIMOUS, MIND YOU. NO DESSENTIONS WHAT SO EVER! AN OVERWHELMING ENDORSEMENT!

Thank you very much,” he said after the roll call vote. “I appreciate the support of my colleagues on council

COME ON DANNY. HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH THE "SUPPORT OF YOUR COLLEAGUES". THEY PASS THIS POSITION AROUND LIKE A BOTTLE OF JACK AT AN ALCOHOLICS CONVENTION AS A TOKEN GESTURE FOR SERVING ON COUNCIL. AIN'T NO BIG DEAL. IT'S LAWRENCE'S WAY OF GROOMING HIS PEOPLE TO BE LEADERS AND TO LEARN TO CONDUCT MEETINGS. YOU ARE IN TRAINING. AJ SMITH AND JOSH LAUBACH WILL NOT BE GIVEN THIS OPPORTUNITY. THEY HAVE TICKED THE MAYOR OFF. YOU DON'T TICK LAWRENCE OFF WITHOUT BEING PUT IN YOUR PLACE.

“I’m somewhat humbled by the opportunity to serve the city,” Picard said after the meeting. “Obviously I enjoy what I’m doing and I hope that my being vice mayor will allow me to do even more for the city

YEAH, YOU'VE DONE A BANG UP JOB SON. YOU REALLY DON'T NEED TO DO MORE. YOU'VE DONE QUITE ENOUGH ALREADY. HEY! YOU SHOULD FEEL HUMBLED. IT'S OVERWHELMING BUD. HELL, WE'RE ALL JUST HAPPY YOU WERE CHOSEN TO THIS ESTEEMED POSITION.

Mayor Larry Mulligan said Picard “will do a great job” in the role.

“He’s got a number of years experience as a local attorney and a business owner,” he said. “His depth of experience and his couple years on council will provide a good guide

HE'LL DO A GREAT JOB, AS LONG AS HE TOWS THE LINE AND STAYS IN HIS PLACE DOING WHAT A GOOD MMF SERVANT DOES. HIS "DEPTH OF EXPERIENCE WILL PROVIDE A GOOD GUIDE" AND HOW WILL THAT HAPPEN LAWRENCE? HOW WILL HIM BEING AN ATTORNEY AND BUSINESS OWNER HELP? WE HAVE A "TOP NOTCH" LAW DIRECTOR (did I say that?) AND THE TOWN HAS CERTAINLY PROVEN THEY ARE ABOUT AS BUSINESS UNFRIENDLY AS THEY COULD BE. HOW WILL HIM BEING A BUSINESS OWNER HELP HERE? ADMIT IT LAWRENCE. WHAT YOU SAID WAS CRAP, WASN'T IT?

While the title is more ceremonial, Mulligan said Picard will assist him in attending various events if he cannot make them. He will also run City Council meetings if Mulligan cannot attend

SEE DANNY, CEREMONIAL.... ANYONE CAN CUT A RIBBON, SHAKE A HAND, READ A PROCLAMATION OR GIVE A SPEECH. NOTHING TO GET YOUR KNICKERS IN A KNOT ABOUT.

I LOVE THIS CRAP THE JOURNAL FEEDS IT'S READERS. ALL FLUFF....ALL EMBELLISHMENT...ENTERTAINING FROM A COMICAL STANDPOINT...NO SUBSTANCE NOR IMPORTANCE. ]]> Wed, 04 Jan 2012 06:57:13 +0000 http://www.middletownusa.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=4309&PID=31346&title=1-03-2012-council-meeting#31346 1/03/2012 Council meeting : "DC Council TV feed... http://www.middletownusa.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=4309&PID=31345&title=1-03-2012-council-meeting#31345 Author: Mike_Presta
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Posted: Jan 04 2012 at 2:23am

"DC Council TV feed cut when ethics question comes up..." ... Washingtonexaminer.com
 
(Maybe that is what happen last night at Middletown's City Council meeting??? Big%20smile)
]]> Wed, 04 Jan 2012 02:23:38 +0000 http://www.middletownusa.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=4309&PID=31345&title=1-03-2012-council-meeting#31345 1/03/2012 Council meeting : Crazycatcher: Great!!!... http://www.middletownusa.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=4309&PID=31342&title=1-03-2012-council-meeting#31342 Author: Mike_Presta
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Posted: Jan 04 2012 at 12:15am

Crazycatcher:

Great!!! Now you want us poor, “old,retired, noncontributing tax-payers” to pay for your hair-dos (coiffures)???  Or is it just that you don’t understand thetax structure wherein most of us “old, retired, noncontributing tax-payers” paythousands of dollars per year in property taxes, license plate fees, gasolinetax, and sales tax—most of which finds its way back into the City ofMiddletown (or the MCSD) coffers in one form or another??? Big%20smile

]]> Wed, 04 Jan 2012 00:15:59 +0000 http://www.middletownusa.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=4309&PID=31342&title=1-03-2012-council-meeting#31342 1/03/2012 Council meeting : The number one problem with this... http://www.middletownusa.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=4309&PID=31339&title=1-03-2012-council-meeting#31339 Author: ground swat
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Posted: Jan 03 2012 at 11:50pm

The number one problem with this Admin./ council NO consistence in informing taxpayers of OUR business!]]> Tue, 03 Jan 2012 23:50:43 +0000 http://www.middletownusa.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=4309&PID=31339&title=1-03-2012-council-meeting#31339 1/03/2012 Council meeting : Mike A current City Manager's... http://www.middletownusa.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=4309&PID=31336&title=1-03-2012-council-meeting#31336 Author: Vivian Moon
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Posted: Jan 03 2012 at 9:33pm

Mike
A current City Manager's Weekly Newsletter has not been posted either.
]]> Tue, 03 Jan 2012 21:33:08 +0000 http://www.middletownusa.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=4309&PID=31336&title=1-03-2012-council-meeting#31336 1/03/2012 Council meeting : Maybe those newly elected council... http://www.middletownusa.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=4309&PID=31335&title=1-03-2012-council-meeting#31335 Author: crazycatcher
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Posted: Jan 03 2012 at 7:13pm

Maybe those newly elected council members wanted to have a secret meeting. You know where they count all of the city’s money that they have been holding back from the citizens. I can see them all now rolling in the piles of dough that our precious old, retired, noncontributing tax-payers continue to give our coiffures. Maybe, they all went out with hammers and other wrecking devices to bang the streets up some more so that we would have something to complain about this year. Now I remember why the council meeting wasn’t on tonight…there was a party over at the secret headquarters of the MMF I saw the purple M with a dagger through it shining bright in the sky calling them all home or maybe TV Middletown was just having technical difficulty, I guess we will never know]]> Tue, 03 Jan 2012 19:13:03 +0000 http://www.middletownusa.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=4309&PID=31335&title=1-03-2012-council-meeting#31335