Will say again, when one makes a Public Statement, their anticipation of not being named is a will o' the wisp. If one does not want their name in the open, don't open your mouth. So from now on, if one goes into any meeting or makes any Public Statement that I find anywhere, be prepared to be identified unless it is to me and clearly noted as a comment with no names and why? I truly respect input from people because this Community has been raped, pillaged, plundered and neglected for decades. We are far past the time to do for ourselves what this façade of a City Council won't.
Had an interesting conversation Thursday night, actually three of them, but will only talk about two and how they affect some of what is going on here and should have been done better.
The first had to do with a group of people who started something with very, very good intentions. But as was noted to me, "The Group needed a strong leader". I countered with who hijacked the group and ran it into the ground. The person was in my words "passively agreeable" to that. Person was never elected but as with any effort that is doomed to failure began a campaign of protecting and endorsing all the wrong people. This while trying to enhance a psyche that was for reasons I do not know and don't want to know tattered/ ripped/ abused for what must have been many sad years? But the Community suffered because of that and many sincere people left or were evicted for not wanting to be the necessary doormats if one wished to remain? This façade continues to play out and is more destructive than helpful to Vienna and that is very sad.
The second one had to do with the years and years of neglect on caring for the Children of our Community by the BOE in failing by what had to be intent for just a few ADA improvements to Jackson Middle School and if I was told correctly, Neale?
While the crumbs given to the Jackson Students at the BOE 25 July Meeting, who need the assistance are definitely appreciated by some of us, there is much more that needs to be done to make that School ADA compliant as well as Neale if so needed?
It is needed to have some "get well" dates for the other ADA issues such as Cafeteria, Rest Rooms and other necessary improvements beyond what has been authorized so far.
As I seem to be the place to go by some to find things to address usually with no success, it is my intent to address what passes off as the Public Forum at the next City Council Meeting. Not happy to do so for several reasons, lack of competence by the Council being a good start, but having listened for one more round on some issues that are going unanswered, I am going to bring up a subject AND than give the solution or at least a possible one until the Council finds a way to shoot it down. Why am I giving so much notice? To give what passes for a Mayor/ City Recorder/ City Attorney time to find a reason to cancel the Public Forum again.
Here is one reason: The Government DOES NOT have the Right under the First Amendment to prevent "the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances".
This has been addressed before and is as valid a couple of months ago as it is now. So will await the publishing of the 9 August 2018 Agenda?
As those few who are still alive know, I do NOT curse, threaten, or behave so as to disrupt a Mature Meeting of Mature Adults. It has been said by some who profess to be legal experts in any and all fields that I "hurt people's feelings". Few people can stand to hear the Truth, so the snowflakes are insulted, hurt, injured mentally and so on and so forth when I say words that are not Politically Correct or point out the failure to represent our Community be it through neglect, incompetence and even the attempts by some to intimidate me or as my Sainted Wife said in the day, "No, you were threatened".
So I say, mark your calendars to hear a reasonable and doable idea that has been bandied about as a City Issue or to shut down once again the First Amendment. 'nuff said'.