City Elections 2015 Part II (City council)...

 

The bulk of the council

As we said expect most returning councilmen/women to run for reelection. City council is normally kind of entry level position in politics. It doesn't pay much but then you really don't have to do much either. It's kind of ironic really nonsensical that we pay these council people the equivalent of what you make at McDonald's to oversee multimillion dollar budgets. Most of them have no practical and at times common sense or training or experience to determine what and what isn't important in handling our tax dollars.....but that's politics.

 Then again there are fringe benefits on serving on the city council..A place in the all the parades, occasionally being quoted for the news media, the feeling of self importance and the pleasure of having  answers for your constituents. Actually having answers is a misnomer, good luck finding your councilman or getting a straight answer if you do find him and you have a problem...unless of course it's close to election time.

 Actually we have over the years had some good council people, in fact I thought Zach Payne and especially Brian Glover were excellent choices and solid public servants , and at times Nathan Samuel has shown promise. The rest you can put in a bag and shake them out , not much difference...the rest put politics above progress and have done everything in their power to slow or stop the current mayor's agenda....But in politics especially minor positions like City council, name recognition is everything and it will be tough to root out those who have been perched on this council way too long. It is hard to pin anything negative on them because they actually don't do much....Anyone who has spoken before the council can tell you how they piddle around with their computers, shuffle papers and generally act disinterested. Their condescending attitude attests to their own self exaggerated sense of importance....but then again that's politics and you can only vote for what is presented to you....