tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12341882.post6709965475309993953..comments2024-01-10T08:42:45.216-05:00Comments on Gort42: Home stretch for Home RuleGorthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18353409316468830796noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12341882.post-88107206052904731072010-10-26T14:32:04.267-04:002010-10-26T14:32:04.267-04:00Anon 10:28 -- 1:12 PM and of course the guy who is...Anon 10:28 -- 1:12 PM and of course the guy who is famous for the word sentence, you absolutely need a life. I do believe you are the same person and your making a decision base on who is where on the issue just proves what we've thought all along, your a total asshole! That haveing been said, please go YAWN yourself.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12341882.post-25271198547441196122010-10-23T19:44:45.122-04:002010-10-23T19:44:45.122-04:00YAWNYAWNAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12341882.post-40331691602644775152010-10-23T13:37:05.680-04:002010-10-23T13:37:05.680-04:00People who do not have the courage to attach their...People who do not have the courage to attach their name to their statement but prefer to be anonymous carry little weight with most intelligent folks with common sense. If you truly believe what you are saying and support or do not support an issue, the respectable thing is to identify yourself and state your own reasons. Attacking another one on a personal level and not addressing the actual issue and stating your opinion and reasoning for it is being a coward. (something that no one has ever called me) Michell'e Boicemichell'e boicenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12341882.post-21618734529540504222010-10-23T13:12:17.458-04:002010-10-23T13:12:17.458-04:00well I was going to vote against it, but now that ...well I was going to vote against it, but now that will toole and michelle boice agree with me I may have to vote for it.<br />sometimes those who are lightening rods for controversy should keep a lower profile. because for each person who vocally supports them, there are probably 5 or 6 who are tired of their perceived grandstanding.<br />I am changing my vote to YESAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12341882.post-38080892520207994152010-10-23T12:36:14.594-04:002010-10-23T12:36:14.594-04:00I was absolutely in favor of the Home Rule Study C...I was absolutely in favor of the Home Rule Study Commission and supported it. I can't support this charter! I have followed this closely and have serious issues with the charter. Far too much power is given to the county manager who can do so many things behind closed doors. Where is the transparency? This manager answers to the 11 member part time board and not the voters. It's true that the manager will do what the board wants in regard to hiring and contracts, or he/she will risk losing this lucrative job. To remove power from the voters is never a good thing in a democracy! The board will appoint department heads to replace elected row officers. What is all of this going to cost a county that is broke? To simply play on the outrage of the voters over the corruption scandal is not enough and people should consider this carefully. It will not end the corruption and nepotism but present far more opportunity for it. The political parties in our county will still put up candidates and back them. This won't magically remove the powers that be already in the county. It just increases the size of county government, and the cost. The charter provides no guarantee of minority representation as current county code does. This is wrong. What troubles me even more is that the very people who wrote the charter will not state whether they will run for one of the 11 seats or apply for one of the many new hired positions. This would be a direct conflict of interest and since they continue to say that all opposed have something to lose, why won't they say what they have to gain by supporting it? Many of them are politically connected and I am sure already have their eyes on a piece of the pie! I didn't like the way they operated which raised my suspicions in the first place. I will vote no and join many other citizens in cleaning up the existing government by choosing more carefully in upcoming elections. I am not a county official or employee. Michell'e T. Boice, Harveys Lakemichell'e boicenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12341882.post-6382068715172224132010-10-22T10:28:28.697-04:002010-10-22T10:28:28.697-04:00the simple fact that Mr. Toole is against the char...the simple fact that Mr. Toole is against the charter is enough reason to vote for it.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12341882.post-51753413470807551462010-10-22T07:29:35.319-04:002010-10-22T07:29:35.319-04:00I posted this on Marc Cour's site but am cross...I posted this on Marc Cour's site but am crossposting it here...<br /><br />I watched tonight's home rule debate, and I can still be convinced to vote YES, but I'm still leaning NO, and the YES side didn't convince me tonight.<br /><br />Saying "It's not the current system" isn't enough. I don't like creating a big "County Board" with a manager who is beholden to a 6 person majority, and make no mistake, that majority will materialize and make sure the manager does what he or she is told.<br /><br />I still don't see where there are any more safeguards that the new system will be any less corruptible than what we currently have. Until Mayor Haggerty and his side can tell me that, without pointing fingers like he did tonight, I have to vote NO to this charter.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com