With all the talk about Mayor Dave’s priorities (trolleys vs. pet peeve of anyone and everyone) I thought I’d take a look at what he’s been up to this summer. According to his Weekly Whereabouts posted on the news section of thedailypage.com since Memorial Day, or for the past 12 weeks or 58 work days, this is what it revealed:
- 60 public appearances, parties, ribbon cuttings, media events and speeches, none of these appeared to be business meetings and it doesn’t include the 4 golf outings.
- 57 private meetings with various citizens or groups of citizens, including lobbyists, plus an additional 10 lunches or breakfasts with individuals
- 52 meetings with various staff or groups of staff
- 24 quarterly meetings with key staff leaders (He met with some more than once and some not at all. Chief Wray and Mark Olinger meet with him monthly.)
- 20 meetings with various alders (5 with Brian Solomon, 3 with Marsha Rummel, 2 with Julia Kerr, 1 with the rest except for the following who didn’t meet with him at all: Gruber, Palm, Clausius, Compton, Skidmore, Schumacher, Webber.)
- 17 business meetings (5 Council meetings, 2 Board of Estimates meetings which he actually chairs and 17 other meetings)
- 16 days out of town for vacation or conferences
- 6 meetings with council leadership, these should be weekly meetings, so in 12 weeks he only met with them half the time.
- 4 golf outings, including one full day where he played 4 courses
- 3 chunks of time set aside for “work time” or phone calls and correspondence
- 3 listening sessions or town hall meetings with the public
- 3 conference calls for his Mayor’s group
- 2 meetings to review the plan commission agenda for the 5 plan commission meetings during this time period
- 2 department and division head meetings in 3 months
Granted, I don’t think the schedule he publishes for his weekly schedule is his actual schedule, but it is what he wants people to see. What does that tell you about what the mayor did with his summer? Or what he wants you to think he did with his summer?
