What's Left of Maplewood (MN)

We can't draw, so we are left with verbal cartoons about Maplewood city politics.

Tuesday, November 14, 2006

Copeland Made Permanent

Whoa. You'd have to stay up terribly late to get the really big news last night -- in the wee hours of the morning, and with only 4 of 5 council members present, the triumvirate decided to short circuit the whole city manager hiring process and make Copeland's interim appointment permanent, as reported by savemaplewood.com.

So much for having a process to get citizen input.

posted by Frostbrand @ 9:56 AM  

6 Comments:

  • At 10:54 AM, Anonymous Anonymous said…

    I am appalled at the apparent lack of respect that Mayor Longrie, Councilmember Hjelle and Cave have for the citizens of Maplewood. Through their actions, they have basically appointed a bumbling baffoon as the City Manager.

    Attention Citizens of Minnesota- are you unqualified, committed borderline criminal acts and have little or no education? Come and work for the City of Maplewood. We hire anyone!!!

     

  • At 5:25 PM, Anonymous Anonymous said…

    What the heck do we have to do to get a recall petition goin?

     

  • At 5:27 PM, Anonymous Anonymous said…

    Who were the 4 that were there? Let me guess. It was a 3-1 vote and I can't imagine who the three are.

     

  • At 10:17 PM, Blogger Frostbrand said…

    Recall: As far as I know, there is no provision for recall of municipal elected officials.

    Who was Missing: As you suspect, Rossbach was the council member absent from the meeting. It was the usual Longrie/Cave/Hjelle bloc voting together.

     

  • At 11:05 AM, Anonymous Anonymous said…

    Oh ho! It's like a really bad political thriller... oh, wait. It is a really bad political thriller.

    Of course, even in bad political thrillers, the villians' master plan isn't "if we wait until it's really late at night, they may not notice when we do our dasterdly deed."

     

  • At 6:26 AM, Anonymous Anonymous said…

    My God, build your bunkers now!

    Copeland is a buffoon, Longrie is an AHDH version of Cruella DeVille, and Hjelle has some wierd homo-erotic thing going for other firefighters. Cave? Why I've taken poops that have had a greater impact on public policy.

    Mr. Copeland, I know you're reading this - Your new peers think you're an idiot. You will never get the respect of anyone in the profession.

    Mrs. Longrie, Take your Ritalin and control your monkey.

    Mr. Hjelle, you left your underwear in the cloakroom at the Guthrie.

    Mrs. Cave, See Jane, see Jane govern, see public run for Woodbury.

    Will Rossbach and Kathy Juneman - Hang in there, you have people's respect and support.

    Johann the Fencemaker

     

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