The Meeting from Hell

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Tuesday night, Vice Mayor Scott Maxwell gave one-half of the voters the finger.

I am not sure if this was the absolute worst city commission meeting I have ever attended, but it is right up there in the top 5. Last night at city hall was the meeting from hell.  It is clear that the Visionary Trio is madder than hell...mad about losing the election...mad that people are rejecting their "vision."  After all, they have lost the last three elections.  You would think that they would get the message. Last night, the trio lost their cool and common courtesy flew right out of the window.

It's bad enough when you defame a citizen who has not been tried in court and hang her in public and get your friends there to help you do it--have them put on a show...get them all riled up--and use a a former black commissioner and get her bent out of shape because she was led to believe that someone used the word "nigger" although not proven-- Black people shouldn't use it (Retha Lowe used it last night) if they don't want anyone else to use it. But to explode and appear as if you are about to have a stroke and call all the voters who defeated the bond "racists," is beyond words really.

When you are losing the argument, you resort to name calling and everyone automatically is a "racist." Maxwell even quoted Saul Alinsky accusing his opponents of using Rules for Radicals.  He probably took one look at Cara Jennings and went "nuts." But it was he that fit nicely into  RULE 5: “Ridicule is man’s most potent weapon.” There is no defense. It’s irrational. It’s infuriating. It also works as a key pressure point to force the enemy into concessions. (Pretty crude, rude and mean, huh? They want to create anger and fear).

When you have the Vice Mayor tell the world that "We are going to set this commission off on the right foot," we all need to worry about this arrogance.  How dare he. The voters, defeated their candidates by a wide margin.  They are still in denial, still not listening and even loser Szerdi had to speak and give more excuses.

What will it take? There is only one alternative--change out this majority commission next year.