[Vision2020] Moscow Elected Officials and Commitment

[Art Deco]

It's not unreasonable for any elected city official to take some vacation
time.

However, it is very reasonable to keep and make available on the web, the
attendance data for all elected city officials and for all meetings for
which they are obligated or expected to attend.

Without casting aspersions on anyone, my past experience with various local
governments is that there are sometimes serious attendance abuses with
sometimes serious consequences brought about by ignorance of the issues
that might have been avoided had better attendance (physically and
mentally) occurred.

w.

On Wed, Apr 18, 2012 at 8:13 AM, Tom Hansen <thansen at moscow.com> wrote:

> Greetings Mayor Chaney and Moscow City Council members -
>
> It is my understanding that Councilman Walter Steed could not participate
> in Monday night's city council session as he was away on vacation in Europe.
>
> Elected city officials (regardless of which side of the political aisle)
> should be held into account for failing to fulfill their municipal
> obligations. Anything short of that merely encourages a lack of
> responsibility and commitment to the people of Moscow.
>
> I suggest that the city, for the sake of its citizens, maintain a record
> of absences as a matter of public record, and be made publicly accessible
> online when each elected official is up for reelection.  This can be easily
> accomplished as an added "tally" under the city website heading "Meet the
> Council".
>
> It's only right!
>
> Seeya round town, Moscow.
>
> Tom Hansen
> Moscow, Idaho
>
> "If not us, who?
> If not now, when?"
>
> - Unknown
>
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