The View From The Cheap Seats
By Jerry Haferkamp
In a previous PSCF column, some may have inferred that I compared one of the carpetbaggers trying to buy influence in our city to Satan. I don’t need to do that. You are all smart enough to read his tabloid and come to your own conclusion. I do know that he published altered documents to smear Councilman Brown and upon finding out they were altered, hasn’t yet, to my knowledge, apologized to Mr. Brown.
We have another activist group forming in St. Charles. Our hopes would be that they won’t further escalate the problems in St. Charles government, but if the attendance reported in the St. Peters ad paper is correct there will be just more “piling on” by another elitist faction. This group has chosen a name (Do The Right Thing) that appeals to everyone. I guess the name “Citizens For Mom, Apple Pie and Chevrolet was already taken. Maybe the first “Right Thing” they do is to rename it the “Kevin Kast for Mayor Committee”. Let the truth out.
We can only assume that one of their first projects would be to convince the former City Administrator to “Do The Right Thing” and pack up. After all, his lease has expired. Do any of you remember when a man’s word was his bond? Apparently that concept never entered the thought process of our former Administrator, Mr. Williams. He says the binding contract he signed isn’t really any good.
Next, “Do The Right Thing” by drafting a letter to our Mayor telling her that unauthorized signing of changes to a contract is the same as signing a totally new contract without Council authorization, so knock it off! You might add a sentence or two about how she should not have been an obstruction to the investigation of her actions. Send copies to Muench, Kneemiller, Weller, and Reese.
I am waiting for a few of our civic leaders to “Do The Right Thing” and speak out publicly denouncing the current recalls. One in particular has strong influence in this town and I’m sure doesn’t like what these recall elections will do to our city. This person knows about whom I’m writing, but just to be sure, you are the person who stopped me on the Schnucks lot to inquire as to why I stopped writing the PSCF column last year. Go ahead and speak out. We need your voice of reason now more than ever.
These two recall votes are going to be a defining moment in St. Charles’ history. Will all of our residents have a say in our government, or only those with enough money to buy influence?
Our city’s future is on the line and, unfortunately, only two wards get to decide it. The rest of us can only hope the voters in these wards “Do the Right Thing” and pull the For Sale sign off of City Hall. Keep Dottie Greer in office.
