Comments on: SFD Election Voters Expect New Board to Work Together

By: Paul

Paul — Wed, 12 Jan 2011 03:43:58 +0000

Dible? DIBLE? D..I..B..L..E..!!!!?????!!!!

Yes, Angela, it politically is ENOUGH.

By: Abe Koniarsky

Abe Koniarsky — Mon, 10 Jan 2011 03:48:16 +0000

Wanted to share this blog with my fellow readers. Too often, we take for granted the job that our firemen perform each day, 24/7. Every now and then, we need to take a reality check and spend time to give them credit for the job they do and the risks they take. Would anyone else be willing to do what they do for the salary they make? I THINK NOT!!

http://hmunro.wordpress.com/2011/01/09/my-neighbors-lose-their-home

By: Andy

Andy — Sat, 18 Dec 2010 19:02:10 +0000

Tom, I agree with you on the summary you gave of the past SFD board meeting. Blauert followed a script that someone prepared for him (Erick, Dible?) It sure looked like the entire meeting was well rehearsed by the new majority and their support group which I am sure included Lowel Johnson , Craig Dible and Joe Demme.

The silent majority better start attending the board meetings if they want to continue receiving the kind of services they are accustomed to.

By: Tom Longo

Tom Longo — Fri, 17 Dec 2010 03:44:51 +0000

The SFD board met this Wednesday, with three new members, Montgomery, Erick and Blauert. They totally disregarded the will of the people who elected them to office and refused to appoint Doug Fitrzpatrick, the individual who came in 4th in the past election, to the vacant fourth seat. Instead, the majority decided to advertise and appoint someone who they feel is better qualified to fill the position.

Let me guess, will it be Joe Demme, Bert Berkshire or someone else who has been annointed well in advance to fill that position?

It was obvious to most members in the audience that it was already pre-determined well in advance who was going to nominate Dave Blauert as the new chairman. The rest of the meeting went like clock work with all of the items being approved in a well-rehearsed scenario with everyone, but Ty Montgomery, knowing the outcome. When requested by Ty Montgomery, the individual who received the most amount of votes in the past election, to consider starting the executive sessions at 5:00pm instead of 5:30pm due to family considerations, they were totally unwilling to work with him. Would thirty minutes have really made that much of a difference to them?

The creation of additional work sessions for business-only items will limit input from the public, provide an additional work load on staff and increase staff overtime by requiring them to attend two monthly meetings per month instead of one. In addition, executive sessions at the beginning, instead of the end, of the meetings will limit the number of people coming to meetings and voicing their opinions because they will never know when the public portion will begin.

It seems like an attempt by the new majority to prevent the public from participating in the democratic process that elected them to office.

Is this what the electorate expected when they voted for this new majority? If not, isn’t it about time they started attending SFD board meetings?

Tom Longo
Sedona, AZ