“Attack On The Office of Mayor, ” says Ed Watkins, editor of the Citizen.
Watkins has stated that a vote of the people for a charter amendment and a recall petition to attempt to recall York is an attack on the very office of Mayor. I believe the proponents of change are unhappy with the Mayor and do not trust her. Watkins would have us believe that if we criticize the Mayor and here cronies the actual attack is on the office itself. Does he honestly believe that removal of this Mayor would forever result in the public wishing to remove future Mayors prematurely forever?
For the many decades that I’ve been aware of city politics, there has been no mention of recalling any Mayor, much less an organized effort by several groups, independent of each other, who appear to be working diligently to to retire this Mayor.
I invite all to take the time to read our City Charter. It is very clear and easy to understand. Perhaps some of you would like to call Watkins and request him to print any portion of the charter which states that, A Recall effort or Charter Amendment or impeachment proceedings are an attack on the “Office of Mayor.” For any one of the above to even commence, the majority of the voters must be very unhappy with the performance of our Mayor.
As taxpayers, is it not our just right to use the City Charter as we see fit? Who pays the Mayor’s salary and the salaries of those she hires at top wages? We do.
Mr Ed, since we all know about your “Honest Voice About Honest Issues,” shouldn’t you be more interested in the office of City Administrator?
Wasn’t it Patti’s best friend and “Top-Cop” Tommy Mayer who ordered City Administrator Williams to lay down on a concrete parking lot with guns drawn in order to humiliate hi in front of other police officers? Does this not constitute an attack on the “Office” of City Administrator? At the very least, it was an overt abuse of power to intimidate Mr. Williams and show him “Who was really running this city!” Defend this in your next tabloid.
I believe these so-called “attacks on the Mayor” started when Patti’s best friend, Tommy Mayer, had one of his cronies call the First Capitol News and squeal on the St. Charles Police Association because they were backing Riddler for the office of Mayor. If Watkins lived in this city or ever had, he would know this bit of documented history. Mayer did not believe that any candidate but York should receive endorsements. Since Mr. Ed knows so much, please tell us exactly what joined Mayer and York at the hip and what were their future plans for this City? To most people, it appeared to be an alliance straight out of hell which has been extremely detrimental to both. Mayer has been fired and the taxpayers want York to resign or be impeached. Those two facts simply cannot be refuted.
It appears that Internal Affairs closed the book regarding any activities of Tommy Mayer. Judge and Jury! “Take that, you taxpayers,” is what Patti’s friend communicated to the citizens of this city.
Mr. Ed boasted that 75 people showed up to support York at what was supposed to be a hearing to gather and determine facts. It should be noted that at least half of her :Golden Friends; (He who has the gold makes the rules) live in cities other than St. Charles.Mr. Ed also ran a large ad touting the “Mayor’s Legal Defense Fund.” Poor Patti, can drive a luxury car but has no money! The persons engineering this fund are Elmendorf, Kielty, Baum, TR (Ed’s boss) and Rick Tillman. Why does she even need an attorney? The subpoenas requested to obtain the facts were blocked by Jerry Reese. It’s a moot point. What are these benevolent men going to do with the money they’re collecting? Since Patti is not poor, will they just give it to her anyway so that she has gas money for her Lexus convertible?
Is there something wrong with this picture?
Since Watkins does not live here and this City is none of his personal business, why did he force himself into the mix? Could it be for a hefty salary under a firm contract?
People are placing bets as to how long it will take TR to discover that he’s being made a fool of. Will it not be until he runs out of money? If he runs out of money, will the same people continue to follow him like puppy dogs looking for a bone? I thin not!
At the moment, TR is the newest rich boy on the block and rules in most of his associations. He is much in demand, idolized and sought out by every group and charity to use his good name.
TR stated that the hearing to determine the facts about the Mayor’s illegal signing of a City contract without Council approval, was nothing more than a “Kangaroo Court.”
Charley picked it up and ran with it in his true to form column - using “Kangaroo Court” at least nine times in the article. The great thing about Charley is that he always knows who to bow - down to. That’s why his writing is referred to as a “gossip column,” not respectable news reporting.
The way TR is going about getting his sewers hooked up is a win-win situation for him. His development is not in our city - by his choice.
He also chose to unite with Nancy Matheny and Bill Weber to interview City Council candidates for the last election. I think everyone remembers the policy of this elite group. “If you don’t do as we say, you leave by the back door.” Our current City Council is looking out for the taxpayers of this city and attempting to protect our over-loaded sewer system.
State Representative Tom Dempsey may be able to bring home the bacon for Daddy Ernie, (Pio's and the License Bureau) but it will prove to be his bitter pill to swallow - not Daddy or TR. Eighty percent of Dempsey’s district is within the City of St. Charles. If his recent legislation is signed by the Governor, the City will be forced for two years to allow TR to hook up to our sewers in order to compete St. Andrews. He will save tons of money at the expense of our City taxpayers and St. Andrews is not in the City. (He’ll probably donate his profit to Patti York’s Legal Defense Fund so she can keep gas in that convertible!)
W all need to tell State Representative Tom Dempsey that there will lbe consequences to pay at the polls next year.
