Shawn offers more tidbits of his wisdom on the Camera blog. In stating that a moderate like Suzy should be mayor, he states that the moderate"
". . . constituency is feeling a little burned over the outcome of this election and I think it would be a good gesture to begin the healing process between the "both sides of the isle" to appoint Suzy as Mayor, . . . Along those lines . . . Balance is still important, and Suzy is the lone "eligible" Mayoral candidate who represents a more moderate view on a lopsided council. Therefore the permanent seat on the Council Agenda Committee (CAC) would act as a natural balance to the rest of council's leanings."
This is not how politics works. Suzy was part of a majority that ran ruff shot over Gray and McGrath's ideas. Suzy also had a lot to do with Macon and Lisa's losses. So now to reward her, they are going to make her mayor? They are going to put someone who represents the other side in the most powerful position? Not likely. It's not as like Suzy was this fair moderate trying to bring everybody together. It's not like she had any interest in bringing balance to the council, whatever that is.
Balance is bullshit. You state your positions on an issue, compromise with other's ideas, and get things done. Compromise is not the same thing as balance. It happens after the fact, when competing positions give up something in order to get something. But making Suzy mayor because, well the minority least moderate voice on council should have the most important position, makes no sense.
I would, however, be in favor of renaming this piece of crap, pedestrian unfriendly building the Ageton Center.
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Hey we get it, you think that only "environmentalist" should have a say on City Council, and business people should have no say whatsoever, well first of all those labels are very simplistic as there is not one member of council who is all one, or all the other and that only betrays your inability to see the big picture. If you had an insightful counter to my opinion i'd be happy to hear it but "I don't agree with you therefore you're wrong" is not very compelling, or very liberal for that matter and sounds an awful lot like rhetorical style we've seen before. Being liberal involves embracing diversity of thought, because intelligent people know that diversity of thought equals good outcomes. If you are truly a liberal, then you would appreciate independent thought. Supporting environmentalist does not make you a liberal. You clearly support ideas championed by liberals, but the tone of your postings and assault on views that are contrary to your own is very conservative. I don't mind conservatives, I value their opinion, it's all part of the picture and frankly conservatives are just as deserving of representation as liberals, however please identify yourself appropriately.
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