A little suggestion for Domus: you’re talking about putting in a 10-bed facility for homeless teenagers. Why not use bunk beds? Then you’d double the amount of people you can put in that facility. Just a suggestion. Thank you.
Dear Mr. Boldface, you need to research the Open Meeting Law. Discussions about the election of the city council president and committee appointments are specifically covered by the open meeting law. See the Attorney General’s Open Meeting Law Guide: “As a general rule, any matter of public business on which a quorum of the public body may make a decision or recommendation is considered a matter within the jurisdiction of the public body. Certain discussions regarding procedural or administrative matters may also relate to public business within a body’s jurisdiction, such as where the discussion involves the organization and leadership of the public body, committee assignments, rules or bylaws for the body, and discussions of whether the body should consider or take action on specific topics at a future meeting.” President Bean’s solicitation of votes and discussion of committee assignments with a majority of councilors violated the Open Meeting Law. Having an article in your newspaper that mentioned how councilors were going to vote, before they actually voted, confirms that they deliberated on this issue and made up their minds before the public meeting.
I have a crystal ball in front of me and I can see my future, as well as my wife’s and my future holds for me being unable to stay in my home when I retire in about 14 years. I’m 49-years-old now so when I retire I’m guessing my taxes will be probably about $7,000 a year. They are $4,000 a year now and if things keep going the way they are, I’ll be struggling to make ends meet in a home I paid $118,000 for in 1992. That’s what is going to be the future of a lot of citizens of Westfield and all across this state. Why? Because we’re beholden to unions for cost-of-living increases regardless of performance year, after year, after year. They hold the power to keep people in office who they see fit. In general, we’re screwed.
Trying to watch a city council meeting tonight. It’s on, but there is no voice to it. Good thing we spent all this money on redoing city hall. Good going, mayor. A link for video, with audio, of the first city council meeting of the year can be found in Dan Moriarty’s online story from Tuesday, ‘Bean elected City Council president’. (https://thewestfieldnews.com/?p=69784)
Regarding post office problems: I mailed a card to my grandson the morning of December 26. He didn’t receive it until January 8. I had bought stamps at the post office handed the clerk behind the counter the envelope. So I know they had it. I think perhaps the pony express would have been faster.
