Fw: [Peace-discuss] great work Randall

[Randall Cotton]

In my estimation, the mayor has indeed finally realized that he was in the
wrong here (or, more likely, he realizes it was a political blunder) and is
in full retreat. In the process, he's scrambling for political cover by
loudly waving around the newly revised Public Access Policies and Procedures
(some of which he publicly rejected before), attempting to pass himself off
as part of the solution (when actually, he has always been the original
source of the problem). Whatever =8-P

I am utterly certain that this "change of heart" would never have come to
pass and it certainly wouldn't have been so dramatic if not for the
overwhelming public turnout. So congratulate yourselves, too =8-)

R

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Phil Stinard" <pstinard at hotmail.com>
To: <peace-discuss at lists.chambana.net>
Sent: Tuesday, November 23, 2004 6:29 PM
Subject: RE: [Peace-discuss] great work Randall


: Randall did do a great job, especially considering that he had to put up
: with a curmudgeonly councilman Whelan, who kept badgering him about who
was
: putting him up to this, as though Randall was part of a vast left-wing
: conspiracy.  The funniest exchange took place when Whelan asked Randall
: where he could get information about Democracy Now.  Randall referred him
to
: the DN website.  Whelan asked where he could get information if he doesn't
: have a computer, and Randall offered to mail him information.  Then Whelan
: said he didn't need the information mailed to him, because he has a
: computer.  The meeting chairperson cut Whelan off at that point.  Whelan
: later appeared to be glaring at the audience and shaking his head.
:
: Later, when it came time to debate the resolution,  Whelan kept raising
: objections about how the programming would be funded, wanting to make sure
: that taxpayers don't pay one cent for Democracy Now.  Surprisingly, the
: mayor came to Randall's defense, patiently explaining to Whelan that
Randall
: would pay all of the costs for the first year, and after that, either
: Randall or someone else in the community would pay for it, or it would go
: off the air.  It almost appeared as though the mayor was supporting
Randall
: and the resolution, which passed without objections.  It was interesting
: watching the mayor change during the course of the evening.  His
appeasement
: of Whelan to get the resolution to a quick vote for certain passage was...
: bizarre.  Maybe he saw that his was a lost cause.
:
: --Phil
:
: >Date: Tue, 23 Nov 2004 11:56:48 -0600
: >From: "Lisa Chason" <chason at shout.net>
: >Subject: [Peace-discuss] great work Randall
: >To: <Peace-discuss at lists.cu.groogroo.com>
: >Message-ID: <000001c4d185$d11004c0$6400a8c0 at yourm5d4u9r2uv>
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: >
: >Cogratulations to Randall for his perseverence, the clarity of his
: >argument and presentation, his gumption and dedication. Have you
: >communicated to the folks at DN! what's been going on here?
: >Lisa
:
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