[Vision2020] Fw: John Dickinson replacement scenarios

[Donovan Arnold]

Nobody can REPLACE John Dickinson. 
   
  Donovan

Sue Hovey <suehovey at moscow.com> wrote:
  
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Sue Hovey" 
To: "J Ford" 

Sent: Friday, February 23, 2007 11:42 AM
Subject: Re: [Vision2020] John Dickinson replacement scenarios


> Well, that leaves all of us in the city unrepresented so none of us is 
> less represented than the rest of us. City council members are at-large, 
> they don't come from a specific zone as school board trustees do.
>
> Sue H.
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "J Ford" 

> To: 
> Sent: Friday, February 23, 2007 11:05 AM
> Subject: Re: [Vision2020] John Dickinson replacement scenarios
>
>
>> The only issue that looms heavily before this reasoning is the fact that 
>> the
>> people in John's District will be left unrepresented for a great deal of
>> time. We have over 9 months left in this year and those people need to 
>> feel
>> like their views and issues are represented on the Council and/or that 
>> they
>> have a representative they can call and talk to.
>>
>> I still think the people should be allowed to put in there the person 
>> THEY
>> want and not have the Mayor just appoint someone.
>>
>> J :]
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>>From: jeanlivingston 
>>>Reply-To: jeanlivingston 
>>>To: "Dan Carscallen" , 
>>>Subject: [Vision2020] John Dickinson replacement scenarios
>>>Date: Fri, 23 Feb 2007 11:43:02 -0800
>>>
>>>My sense of the situation with John Dickinson's seat on Council is that 
>>>the
>>>legal eagles that have looked at the issue find no indisputable basis or
>>>provision for replacing John, unless he is declared dead. That would
>>>easily be done if there were a body found, but without a dead body or a
>>>live one with the ability to resign as Jack Hll did, the situation is an
>>>anomaly that does not seem to have a ready answer. There really seems to
>>>be no prescribed basis for a replacement in this situation. One
>>>possibility might be to file a declaratory judgemnt action in court and 
>>>try
>>>to prove that the City can't function unless the court orders a
>>>replacement. But it is not at all clear that the City cannot function
>>>without John's presence. Dan's point about the increased likelihoood of 
>>>a
>>>quorum problem without replacing the "vacant" spot might provde such a
>>>basis, but when you add in the debatable nature of that argument, (i.e.,
>>>generally business can be conducted), plus the time and !
>>> expense
>>>of litigating the issue in court, maybe the powers that be have decided
>>>that it is better to continue to just "wait and see."
>>>
>>>Bruce Livingston
>>>
>>>
>>>-----Original message-----
>>>From: "Dan Carscallen" areaman at moscow.com
>>>Date: Fri, 23 Feb 2007 07:51:08 -0800
>>>To: vision2020 at moscow.com
>>>Subject: Re: [Vision2020] vision 2020 proposal
>>>
>>> > Tom says:
>>> > "If John Dickinson's term expires in December of this year, I assume
>>> > then that there is an election scheduled for this November? If so,
>>> > wouldn't it be more prudent to simply let it remain vacant until
>>> > somebody is elected to fill it?"
>>> >
>>> > Yes, elections are again this November. And that may be Mayor 
>>> > Chaney's
>>> > plan--just leave it open for the next 10 months. I don't know if she
>>> > can be "forced" to fill the position, but if we have situations again
>>> > where two council members get sick, with an appointment we'd still 
>>> > have
>>> > a quorum. Right now, only one council member can be absent at a time
>>> > and still allow the council to do the city's business.
>>> >
>>> > Not that it's that big a deal, but it might be to some people.
>>> >
>>> > DC
>>> >
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