Councilman Walter, just a word.Originally Posted by mark blazejewski
I am not out to do the gotcha thing with you.
Regarding the ZBA issue, I believe that Mrs. Lemaster was treated entirely unfairly, and I felt compelled to shine a bright light upon that issue. With that end served, I am now content to leave the issue rest.
You were only one of five that participated in the ORIGINAL ZBA deliberations, and to single you out is unfair, and was certainly not my intention. However, of those original power holders, one lost his seat, and the remaining three appear to be detached, and apparently, they choose to ignore their constituents, on and off of social media. (Councilman Dickman is new, and to link him with the historic nature of the ZBA issue does not seem appropriate.)
That leaves you as the singular ventilation channel.
You deserve great commendation for answering these questions, and putting up with the hard, and sometime unfair questions, such as my own, when I sarcastically suggested that you avoided answering questions if you could not provide a truthful answer. In that connection, I apologize to you.
In fact, until the strong exception ZBA issue, I have been pretty much supportive of you. But I am been troubled by what I perceive to be your absorption, perhaps unwittingly, into a political power's orbit that threatens what you have so often referred to as your "independence."
I do however, fully expect good things from you, and anticipate a solid reaffirmation of your independence.
In the next two years, I hope to see you reassert that independence, and to confirm yourself as the decent, open, and honest person that I, and so many others, think that you are.
In that regard, you will have my full support.
AMB,
Mark
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