Council Watch Monroe

You want to talk about wasting taxpayer dollars and pulling the police away from doing their job to protect and serve? Guess what the jackass Compora did last night? This ignorant person made a complaint with the Monroe Police Department after the joint session of council and the planning commission. Her complaint was that the Mayor sprayed her car with some malodorous scent similar to a skunk. Yes, I said that she blamed it on Mayor Cappuccilli!! Now this is getting pretty rediculous and a recall is definitely in Compora's future. Wonder how poor Linda would have felt when she called the police and fire rescue for her mother, and found out that they were all busy taking a frivolous report. HELLO JACKASS!! DID YOU EVER THINK THAT A SKUNK COULD HAVE BEEN IN THE AREA!! Ever think that there are quite a few people out there who hate you worse than the Mayor?
RECALL THIS DAFT WOMAN!!!!!!!!!!!!!
 

Did she have any evidence?

I think its against the law to file a false police report.

At the minimum it is slanderous to accuse others without any evidence. That is probably a civil matter. Is the Monroe Evening News going to report this incident?

I must say I enjoy watching Linda, Watchdog of the Stupid and Oppressed, in the minority role.

Let her defend the Ex Mayors B-Doggle, Front and Third. Last year I would have to worry about the city / state / federal government wasting funds on this "quality of life" issue, but this year I feel reasonably safe.

Now we just have to figure out what local skunks have against Compora's Toyota.
 

The proposed new zoning code declares it unlawful for residents to keep skunks, ferrets and the like. I wonder if the wild skunk considered to have sprayed her Toyota is aware of his or her unwanted status.

When she went into her wining crying fit in a council meeting thanking the many named officers responded to her home to assist her mother, I was tempted to thank the police for not responding when I took photos of her juxtaposed No Cappuccilli and No IKO signs. Indeed she slandered me in the presence of Smith the Younger claiming that I had called the Police on helicopters. She further stated that she had called the police on us because she did not her house on the internet.

It is my opinion that her thinking is not clouded with factual information and logic and her mouth slips into gear in ways that reveal she is not useless—she fulfills the need to have someone serve as a bad example of a councilperson.

David Alkire Smith
 

Its Genious how Councilmoron Compora says the city will have to pay back the Act 51 money for Front and Third and everyone believes it. I wonder if she thought of that herself, or if John I told her what to do. The more things change, the more things stay the same.

Where is their faith in the inefficiency of government? Chances are no one would ever ask for it back. Why spend money on that intersection when other roads are falling apart? Might as well put in a roundabout.

Now, if I could just get my pet skunk to like Toyotas! I hope the city doesn't take Pepe away!
 

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Looks like pepe is dead!!!! Found by the police department and subjected to numerous testing which cost taxpayer's thousands (well not really). Hope Compora doesn't file more charges for rediculous reasons, just to try and blame other council members, but I would watch my back boys.
 

I heard that she asked the police to charge the Mayor with not keeping his pet skunk on a leash.

I would think getting your pet skunk run over would be enough of a lesson.

Actually I heard that the skunk wasn't actually run over in the city, but the Mayor ordered the DPS to go to Monroe Township to find a road kill skunk to plant in the city to cover up for his Heinous crime. I'm thinking the FBI should get involved to investigate this.

I just hope that the viewing audience doesn't start thinking Council Moron Compora has a brain because she comes to the meetings and says what the Ex-Mayor tells her to.

Like most idiots incapable of thinking logically, she is dangerous.

Oh yes - Why wasn't that article front page news? I guess I'm surprised it made the paper at all.
 

A witchhunt indeed. CCC what have you done?
 

Oh what a Circus! Oh What a show!Where's the parties? You've cut someone's neck on public television? Where is the dance the DMBN will put on in celebration? You've ignored a public outcry. You've ignored a former councilwomans warning. You've ignored your own councilwomens very vocal objections. But we know they didn't run with the CCC. Cold Calculating Coniving. You will note I refrained from a blue - yet appropriate c word for the benefit of the kids who might stumble on their parents reading this.

Congratulations for revealing yourselves as you are. Mr. Smith's prophecy story rang true. And here's another one for you... Instant Karma's gonna get you.

Something wicked this way comes.
 

What is the surprise?

I think our Mayor did an excellent job of communicating to the constituents that Debbie Mann's tenure with the city would be short if he got elected. He again publicly stated this after the election.

Why are you surprised? I don’t know how this is a recallable item. He / they did exactly as they said they would.

Furthermore, why not ignore the public outcry from the Old Village Platt / Elect John I committee? You guys lost – get over it.

It amuses me greatly that the Old Village Platt / Elect John I crowd is now faced with living with what I watched for the last two years. How many 5-2 votes did we have last year? The only change is that the good old boy and girls club is now the good old boy club. I must say I enjoy Compora trying to play the Wetzel role, but instead of arguing on facts she shrieks and accuses others of bigotry, racism, sexism, and spraying her car with a skunk like odor. Is lack of public decorum, and a refusal to work civilly with the Mayor grounds for a recall? Maybe someone could ask the City Attorney at the next meeting?

Unlike what Ex-Councilwomen Guyor said, who by the way didn’t get accused of getting up just to seek revenge, the hiring of Debbie was a sham. Remember when John tried to bring her in to be interim City Manager? Remember how she said she quit her previous job to take this “interim” position? Remember how she didn’t disclose during the process that she had been in fact fired by her previous employer, and was in litigation with them?

As for the points system, when one has a pre-drawn conclusion, one can design the points system to come to that conclusion. You just make sure the questions and weightings are towards the skills of one candidate. It’s not difficult to do. Remember Wetzel and Burkett didn’t think she was qualified, but then they weren’t in the previous gang of five, were they, so that doesn’t count?

As far as Debbie’s track record, I think it speaks for itself. I personally couldn’t trust a city manager who had exhibited a blatant disregard for the open meetings act by pulling public meeting notices, failing to follow-up on Council directives (Parking Contract), etc etc etc. How could this group trust her?

Unlike those in the meeting on Monday I will not attack anyone’s personal character. I believe everyone is acting in what they think is their own and the best interests of the city. I think Debbie is an honorable person, and I hope she lands on her feet quickly. I will say that she entered the Monroe politics zone under very political circumstances, John I brought her in as a hand picked City Manager. By coming in under those circumstances, and by some of her actions / inactions while he was Mayor, she should understand she tied herself to his success or failure. I hope in the future she has the wisdom to seek employment based on her skills and qualifications instead of on the “good old boy” network.

So to summarize, there is nothing new here. We still have a gang of five – it’s just a different gang. Maybe you support them – maybe you don’t. When administrations change – so do employees at City Hall. So far the body count is lower under Mayor C than Mayor I. You can say that Hamilton retired, but in fact he just changed jobs. He knew his tenure under John I was going to be short, so he “retired” rather than having the black mark of dismissal on his resume. I never did hear how much Debbie’s firing of finance director Michael O’Connell cost the city. That didn’t seem to bother the Old Village Plat / Elect John I crowd much, so why should this?
 

Not that I want to look at the cost of each of these, but while we are counting bodies, let's count Don Link, Joe Lybik, Dan Stefanski, and Dave Zinner as other department heads that left under former Mayor "I"'s regime. Now two of them left under their own volition (or did they?), but what about the other two? And if we are going to talk costs, not all costs can be easily measured as salary and benefits. What did we lose in experience and knowledge? What is the cost of that?

Roundybout, you said you are enjoying watching Compora in the Wetzel role. Please don't ever compare them again, even tongue in cheek! Ms Compora could NEVER play the role Mrs. Wetzel did. She doesn't have the equipment, i.e. intelligence and common sense, to play that role! I know you didn't mean to compare that way, you were just referring to her playing a minority role on the council and her feeble attempt to be the voice of reason. It just pained me to see both names in a comparison. Ms Compora could only dream of having the class that Mrs. Wetzel exhibited during the past two years. I think I only saw her lose her cool once, and that was barely discernable, since she didn't resort to name calling and pedantic language.

I feel bad for Ms Mann's unfortunately short tenure with the city. It will be a cost to the citizens and to her personally, but she called it upon herself. Do not be fooled by the handful of people from the IKO and the Old Platt areas of town that appreared the other night to defend her. There are many other citizens that don't care for her, and you can include me in that group. I never trusted her from the first time I met her. She had dishonest eyes. Her mouth would say one thing, but I knew she meant another. She always gave me the feeling that she was being nice to my face, but would then talk about me behind my back, and I don't enjoy that feeling. That being said, I still take no pleasure in the misfortune of another, and losing one's job is definitely a misfortune. However, it is what the city needed. I think if you took a poll of city workers, you would not find a majority unhappy with this outcome. I think many of them actually experienced what I only felt in the few meetings I had with her. Mayor "I" said City Hall had been "energized" by her. From what I observed "terrorized" would be a better word. But that's just my opinion, and I'm... notfromaroundhere.
 

Now that the viewing audience is up the council can hit up the cablevision channel for revenues to help bolster the City's General Fund. In the last two year the Net Asset balance shrunk from $85,000,000 to $80,000,000, loss of $5 million dollars. Nice job of keeping your eyes on the details during your watch Ms. Compora!
 

Explain that please MonroeSherlock.
 

The previous council had $85 million worth of net asset, buildings, investments, cash, etc in the Govermental Activities when they took office. ON page 19 of the CAFR (available on the City's website) the starting balance in 2004 was $85,937,058 by the end of 2005 it had shrunk to $80,883,239. That is overspending of $2,533,875 and $2,603,030 each year(see the deficiency line about 4 lines above the year end balance.

With the popularity of the Council program it should be worth some advertising dollars. These could help rebuild the city coffers like Al did the last time.