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Picard not running again.... : My biggest issue with city council...

Wed, 18 Oct 2017 01:23:52 +0000

Author: RoyG
Subject: 6471
Posted: Oct 18 2017 at 1:23am

My biggest issue with city council is they seem to work for Doug Adkins. That should be the other way around, the city manager is supposed to work for city council. If elected I want to serve the people period. The city doesn't grow If the people don't. Thanks Roy Gordon

Picard not running again.... : By the people of Middletown we...

Wed, 18 Oct 2017 01:16:05 +0000

Author: RoyG
Subject: 6471
Posted: Oct 18 2017 at 1:16am

By the people of Middletown we can change the politics in Middletown. So let us be the change our city so strongly needs. Thank you Roy Gordon candidate for city council.

Picard not running again.... : Let's give Ami Vitori, Barker...

Wed, 11 Oct 2017 14:30:46 +0000

Author: VietVet
Subject: 6471
Posted: Oct 11 2017 at 2:30pm

Let's give Ami Vitori, Barker or Gordon a shot at a council seat. Joe Mulligan has had his time behind the council desk and, as I recall, did very little and usually went along with the yes voting consensus without asking any questions for detail before the vote. (He is in the cloned circulating candidate scheme that usually occurs with school superintendents and is as "cookie cutter" as they come). In other words, with Joe Mulligan, we all get Larry Mulligan Lite, Bronston and the other yes nodding bobbleheads. Clueless wonders who automatically go along with anything laid before them walking the direction they are told to walk. Wonder why we vote if candidates who give us more of the same are our only choices? I will vote for only new candidates because I want to attempt to purge the incumbents and will continue that trend until we finally, if possible, get five people who will demonstrate new behavior and start asking the who, what and why questions that should have been asked decades ago. And, if the newly elected council people don't get it done right, they need to go too. Anyone can sit behind a council desk and blindly agree with the city manager, then offer their pre-programmed vote. Just takes an individual to nod the yes motion......which is what we have now and have had in the past.

Want change, vote new until the change you desire happens. Replace the poor performing incumbents and stop voting for the same old tired retreads that have failed before and who recycle themselves looking for a political place to land. Just look at what we have gotten from people like Larry Mulligan for so many years on council........nada....just the same old song and dance with no real content. Typical poor council member quality. Says the "good positive" things we all want to hear but know better than to believe.

Same for the School Board. We have some on the school board who have remained incognito their entire stay. We hear from Urso once in a while and use to hear from Marcia Andrew occasionally. Never anything of a continual nature as to updating us about the schools. Most remain anonymous during their stay. Why? Afraid to confront the public on school problems? How about an open dialogue from the school board outside the normal "school board" meetings? An open forum perhaps? I'd like to ask Urso about the proficiency scores and why they are pathetic after all the new schools, new technology, new teaching methods, etc. I'd like to ask Urso about why the low indicator numbers are never mentioned anymore. Almost as if they are trying to keep the low performance out of sight and mind with the taxpaying public. I'd like to ask Urso what he thinks we will get on our ROI on this mega school complex being built on N. Breile and will it be worth the cost? We never get back what we put into our schools in this town. Haven't for decades.

Rant over.

Picard not running again.... : Analytical wrote:VietVet...

Wed, 11 Oct 2017 13:29:23 +0000

Author: swohio75
Subject: 6471
Posted: Oct 11 2017 at 1:29pm

Analytical wrote:

VietVet -

Judging from recent posts of two MUSA participants, it leads one to believe that the 2018-19 city council will be comprised of Larry Mulligan, Joe Mulligan, Ami Vitori, Talbot Moon and Steve Bohannon. It's understandable why a recent post stated that a second MUSA-sponsored candidates forum really isn't necessary.

L Mulligan, T. Moon and S. Bohannon are not up for re-election.

Roy Gordon is not a serious or credible candidate nor is Barker? who hasn't been very active.

I think it's Ami's to lose. The question comes down to J. Mulligan and D. Bronston. I think the incumbent is a favorite here.

More at stake than just City Council election. School Board has open seats as well as Municipal Judge which is a three way contest.

Picard not running again.... : VietVet -Judging from recent posts...

Wed, 11 Oct 2017 12:43:05 +0000

Author: Analytical
Subject: 6471
Posted: Oct 11 2017 at 12:43pm

VietVet -

Picard not running again.... : Ya know, as I drive to and from...

Tue, 10 Oct 2017 06:12:39 +0000

Author: VietVet
Subject: 6471
Posted: Oct 10 2017 at 6:12am

Ya know, as I drive to and from work, I cut through The Oaks to get over to my house. I now see many "Mulligan for council" yard signs in the front yards of the Oaks people.

Just wondering what they are thinking if they are voting for Mulligan solely on performance from his last stint on council. Or, are they friends with old Joe and are doing this out of friendship rather than assessing his lack of contributions while on council before.

I am hard pressed to find a reason to place Joe Mulligan on council once again. I don't remember him contributing much in his prior stay. A definite yes man for the city agenda and a master rubber stamper as he has demonstrated in the past. He is walking in line with the others on the MMF path and seems rather incapable of thinking on his own nor asking questions as per council meeting policy. To me, he is the poster child for the old automatic yes vote and a master rubber stamper. I don't see any relevance nor value in the man's contributions.

Come to think of it, he may fit in very nicely. JMO

Picard not running again.... : I guess I must have missed something...

Thu, 22 Jun 2017 15:11:46 +0000

Author: over the hill
Subject: 6471
Posted: Jun 22 2017 at 3:11pm

I guess I must have missed something along the way with Picard. I always watched or attended council meetings in the past. All I saw was a bumb on a long very limited input. Was not able (or not willing) to speak out during the HUD fiasco. I do remember him saying at the time to Doug A. When you know something,council should know also. But we all know what happened there. We still have never heard what the "special council " cost us tax payers. But hopefully we can have some one with a civic minded attitude to run for council. I do believe Doug is trying to turn things around and I will give credit where credit is due but when pushed to a corner I still see that old mentality come through. Rome wasn't built in a day and it will take time but I think we can have a great Middletown again in the future. JMO

Picard not running again.... : It was not at all as you described....

Tue, 13 Jun 2017 21:10:53 +0000

Author: buddhalite
Subject: 6471
Posted: Jun 13 2017 at 9:10pm

It was not at all as you described. Read my other post at:

http://middletownusa.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=6476&title=you-missed-it

Bob

Picard not running again.... : buddhalite wrote:<span style=":...

Tue, 13 Jun 2017 20:32:17 +0000

Author: VietVet
Subject: 6471
Posted: Jun 13 2017 at 8:32pm

buddhalite wrote:

They do not want to be engaged with the people. They could care less about the citizens. They do not represent any of us and are just there to make official, the plans laid out before them with no comments or questions necessary. Been happening for years.

All I can say, viet, is that if you had actually bothered to show at tonight's get together at the wonderful and fantastic Java Johnny's - you wouldn't make that statement.

Bob

Different than what I described buddhalite? How did it go at your meeting? How many showed from this forum? Was it a pleasant discussion or were there some heated moments? Good reason I was not there....gotta caregive.

Picard not running again.... : They do not want to be engaged...

Tue, 13 Jun 2017 20:20:58 +0000

Author: buddhalite
Subject: 6471
Posted: Jun 13 2017 at 8:20pm

They do not want to be engaged with the people. They could care less about the citizens. They do not represent any of us and are just there to make official, the plans laid out before them with no comments or questions necessary. Been happening for years.

All I can say, viet, is that if you had actually bothered to show at tonight's get together at the wonderful and fantastic Java Johnny's - you wouldn't make that statement.

Bob