Mayor’s Non-vite to the Alders to Discuss the Library

Wow, the Mayor has become so blatant in his disrespect to the council its kind of staggering.

At 4:00 yesterday afternoon – the mayor’s office sent out this non-vite to the alders:

From: Phair, Connie
Sent: Thursday, April 01, 2010 4:12 PM
To: ALL ALDERS; CL Meetings
Cc: Harmon, Ray; Piraino, Janet; Strauch-Nelson, Rachel
Subject: 04/05/2010: Council Briefing on Central Library (Please post)

Mayor Dave Cieslewicz, Tripp Widder, and Library Board member Alder Larry Palm will be holding a briefing (brown bag luncheon) for the Common Council on the Central Library project on:

Monday, April 5, 2010
12:00 p.m.
Room 260, MMB

Please find attached the notice for this meeting. If you have questions, feel free to contact Ray Harmon in the Mayor’s Office at (608) 266-4611.

Alders, please reply to this email to confirm your attendance.

Thank you,
Connie

Alder Rummel’s response:

Mayor-
If you or staff had at least checked in with all alders with some potential meeting dates and the majority could meet at noon, it would be easier for me to accept that I could not attend. But you did not.

This briefing appears to give you cover to go to the Library Board on Monday before the resolution has even been introduced. Don’t forget the Library Board commissioned HGA who presented three rehab option during the Surplus committee meeting discussion, I believe they know what it could entail.

The bottom line? You will have met with DMI Exec and the Library Board before discussing your proposed change of course with the full council. I object.

Marsha

Well said. But I don’t think the mayor really cares. He’s in charge here, and doesn’t care what the council thinks, if he can manage the media and make it look like a done deal then those who ask questions can be dismissed as being obstructionists. Now be a good girl and quiet down and let the men make the important decisions, no need to worry your pretty little head.