The Way I See It!
I am an Ultra-Conservative, Alpha-Male, True Authentic Leader, Type "C" Personality, who is very active in my community; whether it is donating time, clothes or money for Project Concern or going to Common Council meetings and voicing my opinions. As a blogger, I intend to provide a different viewpoint "The way I see it!" on various world, national and local issues with a few helpful tips & tidbits sprinkled in.
This Needs To Be Stopped In Cudahy!
So, there is a push to make the Elected Mayor of Cudahy Part Time and bring in a Hired/Appointed Paid City Administrator. And there is a RUSH to do so!
Transparency is key to trust!
We have been down this road with the Clerk Treasurer and City Comptroller. Tested and rejected!!
I said it then and I will say it again, “We the People” (that statement of “We the People” bothers Alderman Mark Otto) should decide via voting not having someone appoint and hire the person. When you are Elected, you are held accountable to the People. When you Appoint/Hire someone, the People lose the power and voice in holding that person accountable. Doing so is wrong.
We cannot afford nor do we need this!
This is an Attila the Hun sweeping through Eastern Europe kind of situation — devastating and costly!
Now let’s delve into some emails and some hows and whys! We will connect the DOTS!
Q: “Randy,
Why would Tony run just to make it a part time position and bring Ryan back?”
A: That is a good question and I had to dig for that one. Turns out that all of that talk that Tony Day doesn’t want to run again for Mayor has some truth in part to his wife and time with the family plus the job isn’t exactly what it was cracked up to be! Now I didn’t talk to Mayor Day as I have written that off as he will not email me back but asks me to make an appointment to come to City Hall and talk in person. Who in the private sector has time for that when email is so easy to do anytime of the day! I cannot even get Mary Jo to email me back on questions on an unrelated topic that I will just post in a few days. It seems that Mayor Day’s Administration doesn’t like written communication even more so than McCue’s.
So back to bring back Ryan – Well, Mayor Day would stay on if it was Part Time and YES the City has contacted Ryan McCue. He told the City of Cudahy he was happy where he was. Now stop and think about it! The City contacted him, so after all that bad blood and they still contact them.
Why‽ (That deserved an interrobang)
Well that question is answered by who is the spear head / Leader of the Reorganization Committee – Alderman Mark Otto who is still in contact and friends with Ryan McCue. After all as Alderman Otto told me, “We are close friends”!
So Alderman Otto has been pushing for this assignment since Tony Day won the election. All to bring back his friend and not to mention yet I am, WASTE TAXPAYER MONEY!!!!
See we already pay for an Econ Director and pay a Mayor and an Office/Mayor Assistant why would we want to ADD the cost of City Administrator and YES I know the pay will be cut for Mayor but NOT to ZERO!
So in fact Alderman Otto doesn’t care to waste taxpayer money, but hold on, the reason is always, “We can get a Professional!” Tempest alert! Smoke screen alert!
Really???
Like Former Mayor McCue? That would be the so called Professional!
A bargain is something you don't need at a price you can't resist.
Democracy, it comes from the people by the people not something moving so fast it is a blur and silent in the night by overzealous, I have an angle to do something, out of touch elected official!
Let’s look at another email:
Q:“Randy:
If tony does set this up to bring mccue back, he should be tarred and feathered.
If they pull this I am not sure but I believe they would need to change this by charter ordinance.
I bet they ram this through just like they dumped the do fee on us.
If anything your post showed them that you are still keeping an eye on them.”
A: 'It's the People's Money'
Yes Mayor Day should be. This brings that old say that Politics makes strange bed partners/fellows. Now from what I hear the Council will vote 3-2 in favor of passing this and NO it doesn’t need to go to the voters in the form of a referendum. Remember from the Election that Tony Day said he was in favor of them, just NOT now that he is Mayor! People tend to make rules for others and exceptions for themselves.
Another email:
Q:“Randy,
Why is this being rushed and why in the world are the Aldermen going along with this?”
A: Excellent question and one I think the residents of Cudahy need to ask the Mayor and the Alderpersons. The hush-hush - The only knowledge that can hurt you is the knowledge you don't have.
Ask them at the City Hall meeting Thursday January 26th @5:30PM (Good of them to have it when people are still driving home) This issue is burning a hole for them!
Another email:
Randy,
We need to flush all of these elected fools down the drain and start over with new energized people!”
I don’t think they need to all go, but most!
"One of the penalties of not participating in politics is that you will be governed by your inferiors.” Plato
We’ll take another email:
“I don't totally remember Day having a major campaign platform for an administrator? Maybe I am just missing it or don't remember.
Again, looks like the train is coming, since you have touched a nerve with your blog, and then things are might quiet.”
Yes Tony Day did talk about it and at the time a study and referendum would take place putting in with the people. How about we get it on the ballot with the recall elections!
Let’s round this out with a very nicely put email on the subject:
I am not crazy about a non-elected official running the City full time. What are the accountability factors? I would think that a position this big would require more than just the Personnel Committee to look at it. A large contingent of citizens should be involved in the various stages of the interview process.
What does this do for people considering running for Mayor? Are we now going to be limiting our pool of potential candidates to retired people or those who are not really committed to the City because they have a full time job elsewhere?
The job description of both will need to be very clear as to has the final say so on decisions, I would prefer the Mayor since he was elected. Who would be leading Common Council meetings?
So there you have it people, The Tony Day Administration, and our elected officials trying to ram this through and pull the wool over our eyes. We want people to be part of what we’re doing, so we bring them in and let them see, not in Cudahy!
I think we need to replace them with people who understand who ‘We the People” are and understand “Taxpayers”. I know my Alderman needs to go, he doesn’t even answer me back and we need elected officials that can effectively communicate with the taxpayers!
Politicians and diapers have one thing in common. They should both be changed regularly, and for the same reason.
5 COMMENTS
-
0
0
Click thumb to rate
0
0
Please login to rate
Dead President AKA alderman Jason Litkowiec mayor day did contact mccue and you know it as all the aldermen know it. It was posted at the library and at city hall! How does that make it not hidden in plain sight?
- Share
-
-
0
0
Click thumb to rate
0
0
Please login to rate
Interesting to see all the skirts getting ruffled over the idea of looking at a part time mayor and city manager
Hide replies
- Share
-
Dead President if you are Alderman Jason Litkowiec I get the music reference.
- Share
-
-
0
0
Click thumb to rate
0
0
Please login to rate
Randy glad you found your balls again because greg, kevin and heather are too afraid to come out swinging and say what really needs to be said on their blogs! Now you are missing the point though, the alderman and tony want this because they all know he is a terrible mayor for Cudahy. He has no plan which was evident when he ran for mayor and lets face he won because the people of Cudahy wanted mccue out and tony is a nice guy. He likes playing mayor but the work part of it sucks and he is way over his head. Mini mccue otto wanted this from the start of tony’s run of mayor because mccue was out of a job and mccue still wants it but he wants to be begged to take it. If mccue is so happy why did he check in on st francis and what oak creek was doing? City administrator is the worst possible thing that Cudahy could do, but the aldermen are frustrated with tony and they know he cannot do the job and they just don’t care any more. I am pineing for the times for john the iceport mayor myself. This all comes down to a lack of delvopment in Cudahy and how the bright and smart people pushed walmart away. Where would we be if not for your blog and getting the word out?
- Share
-
-
0
0
Click thumb to rate
0
0
Please login to rate
Any switch in government like this should be voted on by the citizens. On one hand I think the fact that Cudahy, St.Francis, and S.Milw are incorporated municipalities was a mistake. However, that mistake was made long ago and any change to merge into the Milwaukee county would be detrimental at the very least to the school system in Cudahy. I think there are valid points to merge the 3 sister incorporated cities and realize some economies of scale.
- Share
-
Back to topCudahy1st - Jan 27 at 5:43 PM - Report Abuse
It isn’t breaking news as the people of Cudahy don’t want it! You as an alderman would like the control to hire and fire the city administrator and yes the taxpayers lose out and no they are not more accountable as an at will because they come with contracts. Elected mayors can be recalled.
Dead President - Jan 27 at 12:51 PM - Report Abuse
- How secret is it if there are public postings of the meeting and the meetings are held in City Hall and open to any citizens
- Mayor Day ran against Mayor McCue because he didn't like the way he was managing the city, why would he then want to hire him to be the City Manager. A little absurd.
- Who is more accountable, an elected Mayor with a 3 or 4 year term or a Manager serving at will who can be fired at anytime by the elected city council who hired him?
- Is this a new ground breaking idea? No, look at how all of our neighbors are governed and managed, you start to wonder if Cudahy is not behind the times a little.
- What is wrong with forming a panel to look at the way the city is run? Is everyone so happy now? Reading this blog there seems to be people who want change. Change means looking at new ideas, weighing the pros and cons and then making a decision and moving forward.
If nothing else this reorganization committee will certainly generate some amusing blog posts.
Randy Hollenbeck - Jan 27 at 10:03 PM - Report Abuse
DP, The City of Cudahy DID contact Ryan McCue that is a fact!
I agree with Cudahy1st that only the Common Council would feel there is more accountability with a City Administrator. Correct me if I am wrong, but communities in southern Wisconsin are moving away from City Administers and did one change that a year or two ago?
Tony did talk about it, but it would go before the voters and not just the Personnel Committee and CC. And yes it keeps rearing its ugly head every so often and the people of Cudahy don’t want it. Then again, maybe us voters and taxpayers cannot be trusted and only the elected people are smart enough to see it.
Amusing blog posts coming from the reorg committee, there I have to agree since it sounds like the Circus is in town and they are in the form of the reorg committee.
Cudahy1st - Jan 26 at 5:42 PM - Report Abuse
JTozz - Jan 26 at 7:28 AM - Report Abuse
While Im not in favor of it on the surface, I'd need some real data and information to be really against the idea of making (many) Cudahy city officials part time, but also force them to have public meetings on weekends not during the week. While we are at it, why is there an Alderman board/CDA/EconomicDept? There seems to me to be a lot of skins of the onion in such a small city government.
No comment on McCue as its the most stupid thing Ive ever heard.