Forsooth

Pot, meet kettle

I have no idea how your feel about the IGA and continuing the 20-year joint planning commission experiment, but I overheard a lot of people at the information session tonight saying "Don't worry about this, when Wendy gets elected this will all be reversed."

So that is why there wasn't a bunch of anger overflowing at tonight's information session, because they are planning to have Wendy reverse it once she gets elected.  If form holds, Carlie and Marie will continue voting to end the 20-year IGA (plus Patrick if he gets re-elected) but I think the "test" for "the closet illuminati" and "those who cannot be questioned" to determine who deserves sitting on the board of trustees will be "How quickly will you agree to remove what Todd put in place and go back to what we've had for the past 20 years?".

Obviously, Ward Nelson is a Wendy sycophant, Scott Webermeier hates Todd, and Cindy Younglund was hand-picked by Wendy to run, so that only leaves Barbara MacAlpine, also no friend of Todd.

Scenario:  If Ward Nelson, Barbara MacAlpine, Cindy Younglund, and Wendy get elected, they will vote with Ken Zornes and reverse what Todd put in place.  Wendy won't even need to vote, because she will reverse what Todd put in place about the mayor voting on all ordinances and action items, and will, as in the past, simply vote to break any ties.

A similar outcome occurs if Ward, Cindy, Scott, and Wendy get elected.  Similar also if Barbara, Ward, Scott, and Wendy get elected.  Even if Patrick gets re-elected, which may be an uphill struggle if he doesn't agree to "reverse" his vote on the IGA, I don't see any way to prevent a reversal from happening in the weeks or months following the April election, because Todd's vote is likely not going to be replaced by someone who agrees with Todd.  The trustees were split 3/3 before the April election, and, at best, will be split 3/3 after the April election.

So this is a crazy suggestion, but the only way to "reverse" the "reversal" is not to vote in the upcoming election (or vote for mayor, but not for trustee).  In this way, the number of signatures needed for recall will be less.  Then recall one of the newly-elected trustees (or two, why not shoot high?) after the required six-month waiting period, replacing them with one or more trustees who want to do away with the IGA.  What's good for the caboose is good for the tender.