One Bad Apple...

I work in the public sector. The town I currently reside in is run by a mayor-commission form of government. There are 4 commissioners and a mayor all of which have a vote. When I took the position that put inside city hall it was two weeks before the previous election. One of the commissioner was mounting a coupe in an attempt to throw the balance of power in his direction with the hopes of being mayor. The candidate whose campaign he was endorsing (and financing) lost to the incumbent by two votes. Instead of bowing out gracefully the commissioner in question pushed his candidate to cry foul claiming election fraud and took the results to district court.

To make a long story short the people of our community had had enough of this commissioner's antics. So some citizens in town circulated a petition to have him recalled. In response to this the commissioner in question circulated a petition to get the the former mayor (who is now a commissioner) and the current mayor (who was the incumbent that defeated his candidate by two votes) recalled. So when the dust settled he, another commissioner, and the mayor are now on the ballot to be recalled. Now should all three be recalled there would only be two commissioners left which would not be enough to run the city (there has to be a majority (3) elected officials present to make any binding decisions). This would mean that the state would have to intervene until there could be another election to replace the recalled officials. So since the last election the city govt. has been in crisis mode and pretty much at a stand still. This is a perfect example of how one person can act as a human wrecking ball and, in his effort for personal glory and gain, cause others to suffer.

This commissioner and his cronies are the Barak Obama and Liberal Progressives of our community not caring what happens to other in an effort to promote their personal agendas. At least our community has had enough and is taking the necessary steps to fix the problem by voting him out. Lets just hope that the American People have had enough of the Obama wrecking ball to vote him and his henchmen out this coming fall and in 2012.