Been waiting for this:"This is not acceptable," Judge Wettick said of the plan that county officials submitted to him instead of implementing his order to conduct a reassessment of property based on a four-year timeline starting in October. (P-G, Karamagi Rujumba)
Hehehehehehehheheheheheh.
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Meawhile, Mayor Ravenstahl's nominee for Solicitor faced questions from the Council today, including some concerning his current gig.
The firm is representing the S Bar on the South Side, whose owner is suing the city over an ordinance that limits the number of alcohol-serving establishments on Carson Street by setting a "saturation level," Kraus said. "I think their flagrant flaunting ... is unlike anything I've ever seen, and the law firm of Caputo & Caputo is right there front and center." (Trib, Team Effort)
Duly. Noted.
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Finally, Council delayed discussion on the Student Tax for one week, so as to instead dive headlong into the Council Presidency debate.
[Mrs. Kail-Smith] said Mr. Peduto's and Mr. Shields' push for a divisive vote represents "part of the problem. We do not stand together as a body. We do not work together as a body.
"It's I, I, I, and me, me, me." (P-G, Rich Lord)
She didn't by any means invent the old "Hey you, you, stop it you, stop being so political you, you, you, you ... political person! Unlike me right now!" routine, but it sounds like she's got it nailed.
Theresa Smith is a joke. What a hack.
ReplyDeleteCity Council will never work in unity.
ReplyDeleteCouncil might work together for certain individual issues, but only where it is in the clear interest of the constituents of all council districts. Otherwise Ms. Kali-Smith is suggesting that Council members should be directed by the interests not of their respective constituents but by the desires of some other group or individual.
ReplyDeleteOr in other words, Kali-Smith is complaining that Council is not blindly following the Mayor. The old Motznik/Deasy complaint.
I know this is all very serious but I just gotta say I am tickled pink at the thought of Councilman K being at the forefront of the alliteration movement, "flagrant flaunting" may be my new favorite phrase.
ReplyDeleteSounds like Luke has another puppet in his corner. I am thankful that Shields and Peduto are on council. Luke would have free rein without these two.
ReplyDeleteLets just hope Rudiak and Lavelle wont be 2 more marionet puppets for Steelerstahl!!!
ReplyDeleteAnon 10:09 and others: The thing is, I have a lot of sympathy for Smith's position yesterday to delay rather than to outright defeat the Student Tax. Sure I don't favor the tax, but it (together with the zoning legislation, which might be the bigger deal) seemed to bring the universities toward the table. Peduto used the logic, "How can you motivate someone to work with you when you have a gun held to their head," which honestly got me to thinking, "Well, that's why you PUT guns to people's heads, isn't it? They are motivational." We'll see what happens when it comes to enacting the tax, but for the purposes of yesterday defeat didn't seem like it was required unless one was in the mood to deal the administration a setback.
ReplyDeleteBut THAT HAVING BEEN SAID -- how that disagreement translated later into a vote denying petitioners an opportunity to participate in a public hearing regarding a somewhat controversial appointment is beyond me. That is what apparently happened -- some Council members didn't like others' positions or rhetoric that day, and took it out on citizens who may not have filed their petitions in a timely manner, but who are customarily allowed anyway by the Council voluntarily out of respect for public processes.
It all reminds me very much of what happened with the last batch of appointments. Why can't some of these Council members have respect for each others' differing opinions, agree to disagree, and do right by the citizens in another case? It's either personal or political, and I suspect the "You're always being too political!" line of argument is employed as political cover of the worst kind. Let's stick to the subjects at hand on the merits, shall we.
Local section of PG was full of humorous (sadly) tales today. So much to blog about. My favorite part was when Schoenenberger claimed he hadn't read all of the judge's 33-page order from Nov 10. Could there be a bigger FU to the judge?
ReplyDeleteIf everyone is thinking alike, then somebody isn't thinking.
ReplyDeleteGeorge S. Patton
I wonder how Luke feels about the fall of Tiger Woods?
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