[Vision2020] Wheaton Story in paper

[g. crabtree]

Knowing Wheaton, It's not hard to picture him refusing to accord Her 
majesty, Queen Chaney, short may she reign, the deference she seems to have 
come to expect. So, a little slight of hand with the city staff, a quick 
word of instruction to her pet monkeys Ament and Stout and poof! No more 
annoying anti-toady. There's no question that Jon ran a no nonsense meeting 
and could be mildly abrasive in doing so but he always seemed very even 
handed in the way he went about it. To give him the sack in this manner is 
an insult to his service and a warning to others serving on the various 
boards and commissions, warm up your rubber stamp or Nancy has a little 
surprise for you.

g
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "J Ford" <privatejf32 at hotmail.com>
To: <vision2020 at moscow.com>
Sent: Wednesday, April 04, 2007 12:55 AM
Subject: [Vision2020] Wheaton Story in paper


> Comments, anyone?
>
>
>
> The Moscow City Council voted to remove Board of Adjustment Chairman Jon
> Wheaton from his board position Monday night.
>
> "Issues have been reported relating to compliance with legal requirements
> for the job," said Moscow Mayor Nancy Chaney, who brought the issue 
> forward
> as a new agenda item Monday night.
>
> Chaney declined to comment further on reasons for Wheaton's removal, 
> saying
> it is a personnel issue.
>
> "I regret that he has been unwilling to receive my efforts to 
> communicate,"
> she said. "I suggest that he be removed; I do this with sadness."
>
> Wheaton, who has served on the board of adjustment for the past 15 years 
> and
> was reappointed chairman by the board this year, said he refused when 
> Chaney
> asked him to step down.
>
> "She didn't say why," he said. "The closest she came was saying that I
> ruffled somebody's feathers. I thought, 'So they were listening. Good.' "
>
> Wheaton said he refused to sidestep Chaney or "play her game."
>
> "She's got something up her sleeve, but I don't know what that is," he 
> said.
> "She wants to be queen, literally, and everybody will bow and beckon to
> her." [DMC: Note - do not cross Nancy Chaney. You are a team player as 
> long
> as you play the game her way.]
>
> Moscow City Councilman John Weber voted against Wheaton's removal.
>
> "I don't know that the entire (board of adjustment) panel had been spoken 
> to
> about his removal," he said. "I didn't think it was something to remove
> someone for."
>
>
> J  :]
>
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