vote for change

I have been involved with early voting up until now but, you are right- this is a vote about transparency and accountability, starting at the City Managers desk. If you believe that " Costs are irrelevent and immaterial" then Gym, Billy and his gang are your people. Also, if you believe that paying TRIPLE for the bathrooms and the CC project was a sign of management excellence, then they are the group for you. If you believe that secret handshake deals are an acceptable, transparent, and accountable way to do city business, then Gym is your guy for that, and Billy and his slate are for you. If you believe half-truths, deception, and little to no accountability are what you want in a City Manager, then Billy and his slate are for you. If you have NO PROBLEM that the water, sewer, and electric hookups were FORGOTTEN with the bathrooms, and think thats a sign of competent management, then Gym is your guy. If NONE of the aforementioned are okay with you- vote for change. Dr. Mel P. Johnson

public service?

( have NO intention of responding to ridiculous, childish, and disrespectful personal postings that have no basis in fact, or giving them any credence or time. I do believe that Mr. Stiff and Mr. Suco MAY have performed something of a public service by running and opening up a rational debate about how the City is being run. I have seen nothing that would indicate that Mr. Lob has any idea or concept of what is going on in the City and will just be another Billy YES man and sycophant. He hasnt attended FIVE Council meetings in the past TWO YEARS. He seems to be a ONE_ISSUE candidate - the new Gym, and offers little rationale regarding the basis of his support, other than Billy wants it too. He offers no positions on any other issues and there is significant doubt if he even knows what the other issues are, and why they are important. He seems to think, like Billy, that " costs are immaterial" and "irrelevent", like Garcia. We cant afford any more of these " Money is NO object" guys. Money IS VERY IMPORTANT to most of us! Especially in these very difficult times! Will they EVER learn? Dr. Mel P. Johnson

Bain, Best, garcia think alike

Garcia is campaigning hard for Best and Billy because they are like minded and voted together on 98% of the votes in front of the Council. They voted together and approved the $375 a square foot bathrooms that nobody uses AND the $600 a square foot CC enclosure. "Costs are immaterial" and "irrelevent" to them because its OUR money being wasted, not theirs. They never met a cost overrun or change order they couldnt approve. We cannot afford any more fiscally irresponsible Councils as over 650k has disappeared on those two projects ALONE. We could use that money now, and maybe if we had it they wouldnt raise our taxes and fees AGAIN. Money is of no concern ONLY TO THEM, because its OUR money they are disappearing, not theirs. How can they justify this poor stewardship of our tax dollars? They CANT. There can be NO justification of those outrageous costs and lack of oversight and common sense by them. "Money is no object" is surely a mindset that will lead us to bankruptcy. Dr. Mel P. Johnson