I have made my usual review of theworkbook for Tuesday night’s City Council meeting, and I have decided to limitmy comments to some personal opinions about “respect”.  I guess more properly, I should say DIS-respect.  Make that disrespect for thecitizens of Middletown by various City officials:

CaseI

I’m sure that you all recall thepassage of the MIDDLETOWN Library Tax levy!!! If you read the Minutes of the Library Board meeting in this week’s workbook, you willfind that the Library Board is thanking the citizens of Middletown for theirfinancial support by removing the word “Middletown” from their name!!! It will soon, and forever henceforth, be known as the “MidPointe LibrarySystem”!!!  (Kind of reminds you of theway MIDDLETOWN Regional Hospital thanked us Middletonians for our $5 million,doesn’t it??)  Oh well, at least it’llhave that artsy, olde tyme “e” at the end of “MidPoint” to help it fit into ourhistoric downtowne Middletowne.

CaseII

Every time we mention illegal CityCouncil meetings, they call us “crazy”, or “conspiracy theorists”, don’tthey.  Yet I maintain that if you listenvery closely, you can catch references to meetings were they discussed thingsthat you just cannot recall.

Well, read the minutes of the TreeCommission meeting in this week’s workbook and you will find the following:

“Dave Duritsch discussed combining Tree Commission and Park Board.… He stated the thought process had been to recombine the two boards to helpdeal with fewer city staff and it had been discussedwith City Council and they had approved. Council had further statedthat they didn’t want anyone removed from boards until they had served theirfull term so both boards will stay intact until terms are served, perhapshaving joint meetings on occasion.”

Now I’ve watched every City Councilmeeting for years (most of them more than once) but I can’t recall this everhaving been discussed at a public City Council meeting!!!  Further, I’ll give a shiny new dime to the first onewho can link the exact BlipTV program were it can be found!!!  Iwonder if any Council member will attempt to deny this Tuesday night beforeaccepting these minutes into the official City Council record???  And what will that paragon of legal scruples, Law Director Landen, have to say about the matter???

CaseIII