[Vision2020] Question Concerning City Council

[Donovan Arnold]

I think that this is unfair to the community and to
the candidate to make them wait to fill that vacancy
when the people have stated their will.

The people have spoken and the seat should be filled
by the person that the people elected, not an
appointee.

Either that, or all the city council candidates should
be put in one election and the candidate with the
fourth amount of votes should get the 2-year term.

The purpose of an appointment on the city council is
because the will of the people is not known and an
election is costly. It is not so that majority of the
council can expand their majority, or so the mayor can
fill the council with friends or people that are going
to pursue their agenda.

Therefore, there is no logical reason not to swear in
Aaron Ament, or who ever wins a seat to fill a vacancy
as soon as the vote is officially counted and
certified. 

What the city is saying, is that even though we know
who the people want in that seat, we are not going to
let them have it.

In the US Senate and House, when a vacancy occurs, the
person is sworn in sooner than the other candidates.
This should be what happens in Moscow as well, it is
called democracy.

-DJA



 

--- Mark Solomon <msolomon at moscow.com> wrote:

> Jon Kimberling was appointed to fill the unexpired
> portion of the 
> term. If Jon should elect to step down and if Mayor
> Comstock should 
> choose to appoint Aaron, then he could be seated
> before January.
> 
> Mark Solomon
> 
> At 7:54 AM -0800 11/11/05, Tom Hansen wrote:
> >Question:  Since Aaron Ament was elected to replace
> a vacant spot on our
> >city council, shouldn't he be seated immediately
> (versus January)?
> >
> >Hmmmm.
> >
> >Thoughts?
> >
> >Tom Hansen
> >Intolerista Permanente
> >
> >"Life should NOT be a journey to the grave with the
> intention of arriving
> >safely in an attractive and well preserved body,
> but rather to skid in
> >sideways, chocolate in one hand, a drink in the
> other, body thoroughly used
> >up, totally worn out and screaming 'WOO HOO. What a
> ride!'"
> 
>
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