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| Too close for comfort |
For all of you that are following along, the people in the above photo are Councilwoman Gloria Miller and Council Pro-Tem Randy Carter. I don't like their relationship. Not because they are romantically involved. They both have spouses, but as you can see, they enjoy the closeness of one another. In this type of setting, it is ideal that everyone has a vote. When two people appear to have an inappropriate relationship, the chances that "checks and balances" are happening are slim. As a citizen of Pontiac, I want to know that each of the people up on that dias have their own individual thought, ideas and most importantly vote. I never want to believe that two Council people have one vote. There are times that people vote together, but Councilwoman Miller just can't seem to grasp the understanding of what her job is. It is not to be a "mouthpiece" that put out at every Council Meeting the trash that the President and Pro-Tem wants her to regurgitate. In the above picture they look like they are about to kiss or something. I took that screenshot and cut it to size, because I don't want them to say that I am implying that they are having an affair. I want you to see it for yourself. Their heads are almost touching. That is too close, and if I were either of their spouses, I would want to know why they are so comfortable being that close. They may be trying to prove a point to me, but to me, the only point I see is inappropriate. Randy Carter, however, has another "gal pal" that follows him and do his bidding.
Sarah Spicer, was blatantly making a fuss about the administration on the live feed of the Council Meeting. The Mayor goes live at 6 pm every Tuesday. This week, Sarah was there, spewing her evil and ignorant thoughts about the administration. She sadly spelled Amazon wrong. A word that is so noticable in America's culture everyday. Here is her ignorance, and I think she was going at the applicant for the District #2, Coleman Yoakum. Mr. Yoakum can fight his own battles. I want to show her ignorance.
I know she probably thought I would be there, but I cast the council meetings to my television. I rarely post a comment, because I'm going to blog about it when it is over. Besides, Sarah is not on my level. I don't follow anyone and attack people for anyone. Rene Beckley commented on my post about the School Board. I think that a mileage is premature. Beckley also agrees that it is wrong for our School Board to add a mileage to our tax rolls. Rene Beckley might agree on other things. One thing we will never agree on is Kermit Williams. She is one of his biggest fans and I literally despise his politics and the way he treats the Mayor at the council meetings.
He runs the City Council Meetings like speed dating. Everything is done in a rush. I know I don't hardly ever get the full understanding of what they are arguing about. Mary Pietila tries to make it clear, but she is hurried along. In an attempt to cut her comments down for time sake, Patrice Waterman, also has a very narrow commitment. Too narrow, to enlightening the people about what's really going on. I know that there is something going on with the retirees and healthcare, but I have no idea what 3.5% consumption is and what the IRS has to do with it. The citizens have no clarification on that or anything. Williams runs through everything. He ended the meeting twice, like he always does, and members of the Council have to remind him that he hasn't completed the agenda. He has to ask what he missed and take his seat, again. We really don't get a meeting and I want to hear more of what the Council men and women think. It used to be that they could answer all the questions and complaints that people have talked about in their public comment, but now, with three minutes there is little time for clarification or answers. City Council Meeting are for the people. They should take as much time that is needed for the public can be enhanced about what is going on in the city. The Mayor's three minutes, are surely not enough to tell what is going on in a whole city. Three minutes aren't enough for the people or the Council people. For me, it's another reason to recall Kermit Williams.
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| Robert Burch Interim Director Pontiac Rec Center |
Another key issue this week is the Rec Center. They need a full-time Director. They guy doing the job says that he doesn't want it. Robert Burch, who I just found out is the Director, would like to be Assistant-Director. I can understand why a man wouldn't want all that responsibility. Guess what? The City Council wants to give him the job. Now, the Financial Director has resigned, because he wanted to get paid more. They are willing to give a man a job he doesn't want, but not pay a man that was perfectly willing and more than able to do the job. It makes me wonder about Robert Burch, what makes him so special? Then of course, Gloria Miller has all the answers on the Rec Center. She worked on one for 12-years. The Deputy Mayor tried to clarify her stance on "programs", but uneducated people don't know anything about building a program. Miller claims that her grandchildren in Auburn Hills have a better program. I can tell her, it's probably, because they have educated people that know how to run a program, who is running that program and they are getting paid for their services. She always talk about what she knows, but why doesn't she put it in writing? Williams says that he wants a report on what the count is at the Center. Who, what when and where. He allows Miller to give all these speeches about what she knows, but why doesn't she put her information in a report? Go to Auburn Hills and ask them how their program is ran so smoothly. Who makes what, what experience and education the people have that work there. She talks about our children running around at the Center. We must face it, our children are the product of the same thing that gets her out of her seat in the middle of council meetings. They have all kinds of problems ADHD, ADD, and other behavior issues. People in Auburn Hills children don't usually have those problems.
I get so sick of Miller and her ignorant statements and attacks on the Mayor. Mary Pietila cleared up her lies about the Center. She actually goes there, and hasn't "heard about things" she's not going to address. Williams and Miller both have information about the Center that they won't discuss. It's their job to address it. If your not going to tell people, the citizens, about it, why bring it up? I think they are lying. Noticeably quiet was Doris Taylor-Burks. I was coming home, from a repasse for a friend's memorial service at the Ruth Peterson Center on Saturday. I happened upon a mess at the Car Wash on Paddock and Glenwood. Across the street from the old Glenwood Plaza. There was trash all over the parking lot and in the street. It is disgusting, and was still there yesterday, Monday, October 7, 2019. She has her nerves to tell someone to keep her name out of her mouth. She needs to clean up her district. Like Williams, maybe you should ride your own streets sometimes. In the video I shared, cars are riding passed frequently.
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| Doris Taylor-Burks District A filthy mess |
Everyone accept two City Council men and women need to clear up their situations, before they come in every Tuesday trying to tear-down the Mayor. There is no mention of Amazon coming. Only from an illiterate constituent of Randy Carter's. Who seems to have enough "skanks and ho's" to deal with. I want a city that runs well, and not on the so-called President's schedule. This city is not his to run amuck. We need to ask for more and we need to celebrate our accomplishments. Not come, like Gloria Miller, with a problem every week. Our Council is so negative and it's always about money. They want the money, and the marijuana is their ticket. Before they do, however, they got to get Kone Bowman on the Council. That will happen in a couple of weeks. Then they'll have all the muscle to bully the Mayor into doing what they need done. We'll just have to wait to see what comes down the road.
Taylor-Burk's District, today, the Winter of 2020 ran on Facebook:
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