Walk the Walk

Becky. Oh dear Becky.

I got the "pleasure" of watching you on di di's cable lovefest from July 20-something. Funny how your face is suddenly appearing in places we have not seen. Used to be that you were really good at being Ms. Second. Now you're chairing meetings. You're on cable shows. As they used to say on Good Times..."We're movin' on up!..." Could it be that September is fast approaching and you are getting a little worried about your relevance and the possibility of making it out of the primary?

A couple of things stick out from your lovefest with di di. Could be that there are many. However, I only saw the last 10 minutes or so. That was enough for me.

It seems from your apprearance that you love to talk the talk of citizen involvement. Much chatter too about open government. I hate to do this, but I must go back to one of the most important issues of your term. That is the hiring of your city manager. I have said it before and I will say it again. Approving the city manager at 2:00 AM with one citizen sitting in the audience is not exactly what I would call citizen involvement. Having erik the great read off a prepared statement at that time and neither yourself, nor di di raise as much as an eyebrow certainly smacks of something other than open government.

You and di di like to pay lip service to the citizen involvement. How about you and di di put the shoes on and start walking...