So, it seems Mayor Dave is not yet done cleansing City Hall of progressive voices. Yesterday, my long time colleague Megin (Hicks) McDonell was informed by the Mayor’s office that she will no longer be serving on the Equal Opportunities Commission. What?!
What did Megin do? There have been vacancies on the Equal Opportunities Commission for months and months. This makes no sense at all. Or maybe it does?
My facebook friends and the listserve people had some of the following things to say:
“Guilt by association”
“Vindictive”
“how many other ne’er-do-wells will be released?”
“This certainly appears to be an all-out war on progressives by the mayor!”
And of course, a whole lot more . . .
What surprises me here is that Megin has been more or less politically inactive since having two beautiful daughters in the last few years. So, why remove her from her only city committee assignment in a relatively low profile committee?
Being Megin, she asked, of course. And the answer – you’ve been on the committee for 10 years.
Ok – so they’re following the unwritten “10 year rule” now? Or as it has been called “oral tradition”. Does that mean EVERYONE who has served more than 10 years will now be booted? Or is this rule just reserved for the few deserving?
Odd thing is,we changed the rule and 33.01 (6)(b) now says:
(b) Term Limits. No person, other than Alders, shall serve on any Sub-unit for a period in excess of twelve (12) years, unless authorized by a twothirds (2/3) majority vote of the Common Council. Time served prior to July 1, 2009, shall not be included in any calculation of term limits.
So, the Mayor’s office doesn’t even know the rules (go figure!). I wonder if any council members will dare question the Mayor on this. I’m guessing not.
