Mucking It Up
Wow. Those who haven’t read former Mayor Jim Driscoll’s recent editorial in the Belleair Bee, it’s powerful stuff and definitely worth reading. Click on this link…but strap yourselves in first:
http://www.tbnweekly.com/editorial/readers_poll/content_articles/092408_pol-01.txt
There is a bit of irony here--that this name-calling editorial accuses those who dare to show up at commission meetings, ask questions and express opinions of “leveling insults and slurs in lieu of factual presentations”?
Jackasses, agitators, disgusting, inactive gripers and muckers? What happened to “skunk”? Wasn’t that in the live version of this “script” at the last commission meeting?
I have to admit that “mucker” was a new one. For the rest of you illiterates like me, it’s a vulgar, ill-bred person who often says the wrong thing…a bungler…one who removes muck.
Since when is serving the City, on the commission or in any other capacity, a prerequisite to having in a say in local government? What…no credit for “time served” at four-hour commission meetings? Guess not.
I wonder if this community realizes when they cast their vote giving citizens the opportunity of serving the community they are granting them an automatic future pass to demean others simply because they don’t agree.
IRBeHEARD strives to be as factual as possible. Sometimes we crack a funny or two just to keep things interesting—but, by and large, if there’s no document, meeting notes, audio tapes, or something else of equal weight to substantiate a piece of info, it doesn’t get posted—PERIOD.
Not in our control, however, are the comments that citizens blog in with. We have chosen not to screen or censor these comments since censorship, at least in our way of thinking, sort of defeats the purpose of a blog. The comments by bloggers on the previous posting were so well done...some great writing...even though the opinions were not all the same. (Scott Shapiro's kind words about former Mayor Driscoll were especially warranted and noteworthy!)
On IRBeHEARD, everyone is entitled to their say—no matter who they are, what they have to say or if they’ve ever served on the City Commission.
Besides, everyone can’t be a chief, can they? Doesn’t Indian Rocks Beach need Indians, too?
Suggested disclaimer for upcoming commission meeting agendas: “Unless you agree 100% with the City Commission, can’t work a calculator and have personally served on the commission, please stay home.”
That might save all of us a few hours of “community service” every month.
Nancy Obarski
Indian Rocks Beach
Wow. Those who haven’t read former Mayor Jim Driscoll’s recent editorial in the Belleair Bee, it’s powerful stuff and definitely worth reading. Click on this link…but strap yourselves in first:
http://www.tbnweekly.com/editorial/readers_poll/content_articles/092408_pol-01.txt
There is a bit of irony here--that this name-calling editorial accuses those who dare to show up at commission meetings, ask questions and express opinions of “leveling insults and slurs in lieu of factual presentations”?
Jackasses, agitators, disgusting, inactive gripers and muckers? What happened to “skunk”? Wasn’t that in the live version of this “script” at the last commission meeting?
I have to admit that “mucker” was a new one. For the rest of you illiterates like me, it’s a vulgar, ill-bred person who often says the wrong thing…a bungler…one who removes muck.
Since when is serving the City, on the commission or in any other capacity, a prerequisite to having in a say in local government? What…no credit for “time served” at four-hour commission meetings? Guess not.
I wonder if this community realizes when they cast their vote giving citizens the opportunity of serving the community they are granting them an automatic future pass to demean others simply because they don’t agree.
IRBeHEARD strives to be as factual as possible. Sometimes we crack a funny or two just to keep things interesting—but, by and large, if there’s no document, meeting notes, audio tapes, or something else of equal weight to substantiate a piece of info, it doesn’t get posted—PERIOD.
Not in our control, however, are the comments that citizens blog in with. We have chosen not to screen or censor these comments since censorship, at least in our way of thinking, sort of defeats the purpose of a blog. The comments by bloggers on the previous posting were so well done...some great writing...even though the opinions were not all the same. (Scott Shapiro's kind words about former Mayor Driscoll were especially warranted and noteworthy!)
On IRBeHEARD, everyone is entitled to their say—no matter who they are, what they have to say or if they’ve ever served on the City Commission.
Besides, everyone can’t be a chief, can they? Doesn’t Indian Rocks Beach need Indians, too?
Suggested disclaimer for upcoming commission meeting agendas: “Unless you agree 100% with the City Commission, can’t work a calculator and have personally served on the commission, please stay home.”
That might save all of us a few hours of “community service” every month.
Nancy Obarski
Indian Rocks Beach
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