Friday, August 13, 2010

Minutes of the executive session in which Councilman Howell did indeed vote to purchase the Gilman boathouse property!

http://www.ci.st-marys.ga.us/minutes/2010/6%2014%2010%20City%20Council%20Executive%20Session%20Minutes.pdf

So much for his denial the other night during an open council session. No doubt, the other book end had taken him to the woodshed for his vote in Bird's absence.

19 comments:

Anonymous said...

Sidney told us the same thing at the Gaines Davis meeting last Saturday. He said that he knew nothing about the city buying that property! Wow, another councilman, more lies! He has family that lives in the Gaines Davis neighborhood!!!

Jay Moreno said...

Very interesting. Were any other council members or past city candidates there?

Anonymous said...

None that I would recognize. Jim Stein was there as the main speaker.

Jay Moreno said...

Thanks for the info.

Anonymous said...

I think this is another case of a councilman who did NOT read or comprehend what he was reading or agreeing to.

Why is it that the letters don't appear the first time a person post. Because this happens everytime is the reason you have so few people posting. Many have stated its your way of tracking who post. If true, I think you are limiting your ability to have valid conversations.

Jay Moreno said...

Are yuo asking why it does not post to the actual blog the minute you try to post it? That would be becuse I have the comment monitoring function turned on.

When you click on the post button, it sends it to my blog dash bloard and simultaneously sends it to my e-mail.

I moderate it (i.e., decide whethr or not to post it) the next time I either check my e-mail or check my dashboard.

No, there si no way (that I'm aware of ) that I can track anyone's ISP.

Is that what you meant, or is something else going on?

The reason more don't ost is because I don't allow their Topix-type filth on my blog.

Jay Moreno said...

By the way, I'm assured that Sidney knew just exactly what he was voting on. He just did not have his minder, Bird, there to tell him what the offical book-end position was on the purchase.

Pollyanna said...

I watch all the city council meetings on the city website video. I have the impression that Mr. Howell often is not on top of the conversation or subject and that he may not be thinking for himself...I have wondered if his wife directs him on the issues. Just my impression.

Jay Moreno said...

I think you're right. His ocassional thuggish outbursts are a cover for his lack of any meaningful contributions to the council's deliberations.

The poster boy for "common sense" over high ijntelligence.

Pollyanna said...

No...that is not what I call "common sense" at all! Tried to get me on that one didn't you...LOL

Anonymous said...

It was just a dig at all of the idiots who profess to prefer all-to-common "common sense" over rarer high intelligence in an elected official.

Jay Moreno said...

That last "anonymous" comment was me, by the way. My Google account is acting up this morning.

Roxy the school police watch dog said...

So did this vote actually take place in executive session?

Jay Moreno said...

Yes, it did. By the way, I asked Councilwoman Hase about that just a couple of days ago. It turns out that when they are discussing a real estate purchase in executive session, they can vote on in (i.e., whether or not to do it) there in executive session. The law does not require them to reveal the results of vote or even that a vote was taken until after the purchase is consummated. That makes perfect sense if yhou think about it. That is exactly what they did in the case of the Gilman boathouse property.

Interestingly, Hase has asked that the city attorney deliver a brief seminar on the law as it regards executive sessions at the next council meeting.

Anonymous said...

I don't cae how you spin it Hase is full of shit. Her and the four in the middle are destroying St. Marys. But I'm hearing that maybe their intended purpose. After they acquire all the private/public they want!

St. Marys Mall - Private/Public
Gilman Boathouse - Private/Public
St. Marys Airport - Private/Public (if their plans go through on this)

Anonymous said...

I'm referring to the letters needed for word verification. Why don't they appear on the onset. Why must you select anonymous, then post, then the letter appear?

Jay Moreno said...

Thanks for the clarification.

Firstly, it is nothing that Ihave control over.

If you will notice, one of the choices is to post using your Google account.

If you don't have one, anonymous is about your only other choice.

If you establish a Google account, as I have done, I don't have access to any information as a result of your doing that.

The advantage to doing that is that once you do, you no longer have to input those letters and you can reply that easily to any Google hosted blog or forum.

Jay Moreno said...

"Anonymous said...
I don't cae how you spin it Hase is full of shit. Her and the four in the middle are destroying St. Marys. But I'm hearing that maybe their intended purpose. After they acquire all the private/public they want!

St. Marys Mall - Private/Public
Gilman Boathouse - Private/Public
St. Marys Airport - Private/Public (if their plans go through on this)"

Nothing is destroying St. Marys - except maybe the downturn in the economy but that too shall pass.

The political discord in St. Marys is caused by an unusually large contingent of resident nut case conspiracy theorists - of which you are apparently one - misogynists, and would-be anarchists.

Anonymous said...

Sort of figured that would be your take on the actions of the St. Marys City Council. You seem anoint any and everything they do.