Just Let it Alone, Will Ya?
As Christian noted here, tonight the Fullerton City Council will address the issue of how somebody gets to be mayor. It’s Item #7. Ho-hum. Seems some Fullertonians just can’t seem to bend their collective mind around the fact that Pam Keller got passed over for mayor. Boohoo.
The topic of mayoral “rotation” has been kicked around since last September when the Yellowing Observer sensed trouble was a comin’ for their gal. They were right.
Here at FFFF we’ve been saying the same thing all along. The person who deserves to be mayor is the one that can earn the confidence and support of two other colleagues – one way or the other. Keller couldn’t do that. Too bad for her. Politics? Shame, shame, shame!
So why is the issue on the agenda now? Must be because Keller wants it there. Hard to imagine anybody else wanting to whip this dead mule anymore.
One of the interesting things about this item, and one that may fall under the heading of unintended consequences, is that the City Clerk staff called around and found out that of the twenty-eight cities in OC that do not have an elected mayor only one has a mechanism for ensuring everybody gets to be mayor. One. That comes out to less than 4%, and that gives the lie to Sharon Kennedy’s weepy assertion that Fullerton was somehow different from other cities that share the mayor job. Fullerton is in fact exactly like all of the other cities in OC (except one, apparently). But of course we already knew that.
The final wrinkle in the issue comes with the City Clerk raising the possibility of an elected mayor in Fullerton, and how much it might cost. Who asked for that? How will that ensure mayoral rotation – or is it simply an alternative? Election only happen every other year so it seems like an odd idea to say the least.
Anyway, if you want to watch Pam’s Political Whatevers get up and make chimps of themselves again be sure to tune in tonight. Or better yet, go in person.
The general election of a mayor by our small town is a bad idea. The mayor has no more or less power than any other council member and that is a good thing.
Also, if the council votes for a rotation this year, the next batch of council members can easily change it back. So, unless the issue is put on a ballot, it really doesn’t matter.
The election idea can’t work unless its a two or four year term, as Grover points out. That means there would be fewer opportunities to be mayor and the repuglican clique will work harder than ever to make sure it doesn’t go to a Dem.
The real issue is why did the Observer endorse Jones in 2008 when somebody else might have just gone along with the Posse?
For an example of what happens in the elected scenario just check out Santa Ana and the get-rich-quick regime of Miguel Pulido – who they just can’t get rid of.
I’m tired of hearing this bull. Make it auto rotate and have Nelson run the meetings.
Who gets to be fullerton’s mayor should not be turned into a contestant show. The city council was elected by the people of fullerton to represent their interests in our city. If our elected officials don’t want Keller for mayor then they legally express the will of the people. If a few people can’t wrap their minds around that fact then they need to return to their high school government texts and read them.
Pam had Shawn’s vote for Mayor Pro Tem–and would have had it for mayor–until she took out after him for blowing the cover on the secret pension deal.
It’s obvious Shawn won’t support her for Mayor since she is supporting fellow DEM Daly so vocally.
Pam, if you can’t get 3 people to vote you to mayor, what makes you think you can get 3 people to vote for a rotation? Stupid waste of everyone’s time.
Pam is not the sharpest tool in the shed, as a matter of fact she seems to be the dullest tool in the shed. Mr. Jones has more on the ball than Pam Keller.