Will they OR Won't they?

The Agenda for the June 7th City Commission Meeting is posted on the cities' web site.  This is the meeting that the moderators of the "Voice in the Choice Meeting" requested to be put on at the Tuesday, May 17th regular commission meeting.

At that meeting, Scott Maxwell asked the City Clerk Pam Lopez to put us on.  Karri followed the procedure outlined on the web site for agenda requests and sent a formal request to the City Manager as directed on May 20th.

Initially, Karri was informed by Susan Stanton that the request had to be send to Commissioner Suzanne Mulvehill.. After a weekend of e-mails between Stanton and Karri with a litany of discouragement from Stanton and Karri reiterating over and over WHY the moderators should be allowed to give the presentation; Mulvehill chimed in on Monday, May 23rd and informed us she would get back to us in a day or two.  I guess she had to check with her advisors.

Now keep in mind, Scott Maxwell had already put in a request for us to be on the June 7th agenda on May 17th.  He did this in front of the entire commission and a room full of people.  On Tuesday, May 24th, we received an e-mail denying the request from Mulvehill.

Both Stanton and Mulvehill kept on saying they had heard enough about the Willdan Study.  Karri kept responding back that the presentation was about more than the Willdan Study; it was about increasing revunes and cutting costs.  The couple hundred people that attended the public meeting broke into 8 groups and only 1 of them discussed the Willdan Study.

This attempt to explain to Stanton and Mulvehill was like beating one's head against a wall and trying to get blood from a turnip.  Here is the link to the e-mails are exchanged:


 Request for Presentation on June 7th, 2011 Agenda from Moderators of Public Meeting


On Wednesday, May 24th, Bob and Karri (two of the three moderators) attended the joint CRA and Commission meeting at Compass.  At this point things got really interesting.  As one blogger put it, you just had to be there.  It was like a tennis match; one minute the presentation was on, one minute it was off and the volley continued.

The final decision on the possibllity of the presentation being permitted on Tuesday the 7th of June - is that the commissioners will VOTE on whether this will happen or not ON the DAY of the PRESENTATION.  Yes, you read correctly.

Before this could be posted, City Mangager Susan Stanon put in her Weekly Report that the negotiations were nearing completion with Sheriff Ric Bradshaw.  The negotiations are expected to be complete on Wednesday, June 8th.  This is the day AFTER the day of the presentation  we requested to make.

In this CM report, Stanton requests us NOT to contact City Hall or the PBSO in order that negotiations can close smoothly.  Apparently the new caveat for NOT going with the PBSO will fall on our shoulders now.

It's hours to countdown now.......... Will they or Won't they?  Only the "3" know for sure.