Martin Luther King's Weekend Wrap Up

Tomorrow we celebrate Martin Luther King Day.  While many have kept his fight alive, none were ever to fill the shoes of this great man.  I cant believe that anyone ever will.  He was a man who had great passion for his cause, yet he chose peace and spoken words as his weapons in this fight.  He was able to deliver his message with such eloquence and intelligence that his message still lives on today.  And his words were so great, that they used by all people who fight injustice.  My writing will in no way be able to do him justice.  So take the time and listen to the great man himself:

Now, on to, and back to, the Wrap Up:

-The biggest story of the week came today, as over on the CCC, Steve Voelker is reporting that the council has questions about the mayor's use of his city credit card.  You can read the thread here.  Steve says that when asked for he receipts, the mayor responded with "they were lost".

While I don't think that there is any reason to make a big deal out of this yet, it certainly needs to be  watched.  If true, this is big time scandal.  But we have a long way to go before we get there.  So lets give everyone a chance to have their say and present evidence before we jump to any conclusions.

-Before that, the big news of the week was the interview in the N&T with several council members regarding their working relationship with the mayor.  And more specifically, the communication problems they are having with the mayor.  You can read the whole story here. 

Its basically every thing that you've been told  by people like me, or Goliath, or The Oracle for the past year.  The mayor seems to have no desire to sit down and discuss plans for the city or his vision with the city council.  While the council continues towards finding middle ground to continue the progress the city has seen in the recent past, the mayor seems content to work against or separate of the council.  This has been one of my major gripes with the mayor (and of course his complete lack of vision for the city) and he shows no sign of growing up on this matter.  He didn't bother to participate in the interview.  He could very easily have answered questions without going in to any pending litigation.  But he chose not to.

Honestly, all this is though is just making it official what some have tried to deny.  There is indeed a communication problem between the council and mayor, and now we have the council side of it.  The fact that we do not have the other is no one's fault except for the mayor's.

-Apparently a shower has been installed in City Hall.  Why?  I have no idea.  It's not a big deal either to me, except, I feel that this is the type of action that Mikey would have used against the former mayor.  But I will not.

-If you have a chance, be sure to check out the Local Blogs Forum over on the CCC.  They were kind enough to invite me to post about mine, and I'm sure they feel the same about yours, should you have one.  Or you can talk about the other local sites or post one that you no about that others may not.  Great idea by the CCC and definitely worth a look.

-Its going to turn very cold this week.  So be prepared and keep in mind that some nights you may need to leave your facets on a drip.  There is NO winter relief program from the sewer department.

-Finally, the city approved a Storm Water Master Plan to deal with 200 plus identified drainage and storm Water problems.  The plan and its explanation are extremely long and boring, so I'll boil it down to this:  Its basically a guidance on where they think they should start based on the size of the problem in each case and the amount of funds available.  More than likely we will hear about each one of these projects as they begin, so just remember that we have a plan.

-That will do it for this week.  Did you miss me?  Should be back a normal schedule this week.  Until the feel free to like the Facebook Page or comment below.  Have a good week everyone!