Light-up McIntosh December 15
Light-up McIntosh will begin at the Civic Center at 6:30 p.m. The event will host Santa Clause and an area choir from six local churches will sing.
08.13.07 -- AUDIO FILE: August 9, 2007 Town Council Workshop and Meeting
Monday, August 13, 2007
Listen to the Aug. 8, 2007 Town Council workshop and meeting:
(Internet Explorer users may need to click the start arrow twice)
| Tree Ordinance Workshop | ||||||
| Lee Deaderick's observations on tree committee | 00.00.00 | |||||
| Sean Dowie's observation | 00.19.36 | |||||
| Frank Ciotti's observations | 00.23.52 | |||||
| Town Council Meeting | 00.40.00 | |||||
| Barney | 00.45.00 | |||||
| Lila Gallagher | 00.54.00 | |||||
| Roads | 01.10.00 | |||||
| Clinic repairs | 01.33.15 | |||||
| Budget | 01.34.00 | |||||
| Fire | 01.38.00 | |||||
| Mayor | 01.41.21 | |||||
| Seniors homestead exemption hike | 01.41.50 | |||||
| Water and garbage rate increases | 01.45.00 | |||||
| Leytem's | 02.01.54 | |||||
| Design standards | 02.33.00 | |||||
| Elections | 02.18.00 | |||||
| Rezoning | 02.53.00 | |||||
| Council comments | 02.26.00 | |||||
(Editor's note: Due to some other projects with work, I'll be slowly posting last week's stories and public records over the next week. If you are anxious about something from the meeting, please check out the audio.)
posted by Cher @ 9:52 AM,
3 Comments:
-
At August 25, 2007 8:44 PM ,
said...
-
Cher, checking the town charter, you will find that only two years or less must be remaining for an appointment to be made by the council to fill a vacant elected seat.
Since more than two years will be remaining there must be an election. This could be accomplished on the cheap by the town using printed ballots and not requiring the supervisor of electioin to go through the costly procedures. Hoowever, full and proper qualifications must be followed.
Of course this is Mcintosh, so maybe we could shoot dice or use the balloon toss contest at the next fourth of July celebration. This woulld eliminate the qualifications procedures.
Mr. Brilliant -
At August 25, 2007 8:54 PM ,
Cher said...
-
Fascinating.
I posed the question of what would be done about the vacant seats in three separate e-mails to the town last week after the reader, Flash, posted the question. I asked if there would be another qualifying period, or if council members would appoint the seats.
The only response to this question was from a council member lashing out at me for not running myself and for the tone of my question. (I mentioned - god forbid - people having a voice in choosing their leaders.) And still... no one addressed the issue at hand.
I, for one, am glad that this council, nor any council, will be appointing our leaders. It's nothing personal against any of the council members. I'm just a fan of more direct democracy. -
At August 25, 2007 9:17 PM ,
said...
-
Cher, generally you will find a nasty attitude from elected officials to be a function of their ignorance.
In Mcintosh there is no lack.
Mr. Brilliant
Editor
Editor and Publisher:
I'm Cher From McIntosh, FL I'm a graduate student at the University of Florida working on a master's degree in Mass Communication. While I was finishing my undergrad degree in journalism last year, I reported on McIntosh, Fla. for an in-depth reporting class. I figured that the reporting and the public record files should go somewhere people can access them. Reporters don't report to keep the information they find to themselves. Some of that reporting is included here in a forum that allows response. McIntosh suffers because with no news coverage, the local government and the rumor mill have too much potential to run rampant over residents. I moved to McIntosh in the fall of 1999. My profile
About This Blog
The primary purpose of this blog is to accurately reflect what happens in town public meetings and dispel rumors. I record the meetings and make them available for download. One of the goals of this blog is to offer residents a place to voice opinions. The comments, views and opinions expressed there are not necessarily those of the editor.
