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

Case I

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

Case II

Every time we mention illegal City Council meetings, they call us “crazy”, or “conspiracy theorists”, don’t they.  Yet I maintain that if you listen very closely, you can catch references to meetings were they discussed things that you just cannot recall.

Well, read the minutes of the Tree Commission 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 help deal with fewer city staff and it had been discussed with City Council and they had approved. Council had further stated that they didn’t want anyone removed from boards until they had served their full term so both boards will stay intact until terms are served, perhaps having joint meetings on occasion.”

Now I’ve watched every City Council meeting for years (most of them more than once) but I can’t recall this ever having been discussed at a public City Council meeting!!!  Further, I’ll give a shiny new dime to the first one who can link the exact BlipTV program were it can be found!!!  I wonder if any Council member will attempt to deny this Tuesday night before accepting 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???

Case III